France<\/a>, the foreign minister, Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, described Netanyahu\u2019s allegations of antisemitism as defamatory. \u201cAccusing of encouraging antisemitism or [supporting] Hamas whoever defends the two-state solution is absurd and slanderous,\u201d Barrot said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBarrot has also said that France supports Hamas being \u201cdisarmed and permanently excluded from the political future of Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Britain\u2019s armed forces minister, Luke Pollard, said: \u201cI condemn fully the murders of the Israeli diplomats in the United States, as has the prime minister very publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut we\u2019re also absolutely clear that the best way to bring peace to the Middle East is with an immediate ceasefire being restored in Gaza with Hamas releasing the hostages without any further delay, and with massive amounts of aid getting to the Palestinian people in Gaza \u2013 food, water and medical supplies being delivered \u2013 without delay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Germany, the country most loyal to Israel for historical reasons, said the amount of aid entering Gaza was \u201ctoo little too late\u201d. Germany voted against the EU\u2019s plan to review its trade agreement with Israel to see if it is compliant with the EU\u2019s human rights obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ministers in Arab states recognise Netanyahu is trying to shore up his political position by mounting attacks on the west, but warned he was causing irreparable damage to Israel\u2019s global reputation and pursuing a dysfunctional war with no clear objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They said the US by contrast had embarrassed Netanyahu by showing direct diplomacy could produce the release of hostages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel says the block on aid is designed to isolate Hamas and permanently end its rule in Gaza. It says Hamas will not make concessions on its demand that Israel accept a permanent ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United Arab Emirates, the Arab country with the closest relations with Israel, was in direct negotiation with Israel trying to ensure that 100 trucks cross the border into Gaza with aid to be distributed by UN agencies such as the World Food Programme. In what is seen as a test of Netanyahu\u2019s bona fides, the UAE wants the trucks to be allowed to cross the border on Saturday even though this is the Jewish Sabbath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UAE believes it is acting with the effective support of Donald Trump, who told leaders in the Gulf on his visit there that more aid must be allowed in for starving Palestinians. The UAE does not think the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the aid distribution mechanism being promoted by Israel as an alternative to the UN, will be ready to distribute aid for at least a month by which time many will have starved. A total of 119 aid trucks have entered Gaza since international pressure built on Netanyahu to allow aid into the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInside an Unrwa warehouse full of aid blocked from Gaza \u2013 video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAntonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, said on Friday that \u201cPalestinians in Gaza are enduring what may be the cruelest phase of this cruel conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said only a \u201cteaspoon of aid\u201d had entered Gaza \u201cwhen a flood of assistance is required\u201d, adding that 16,000 pallets of aid, enough to fill 9,000 trucks, were ready to enter the strip and accused Israel of imposing unnecessary obstacles to the distribution of aid. He said four-fifths of the territory had been made a no-go zone for the people of Gaza by being declared a military zone by the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An umbrella network of Palestinian aid groups said that so far only 119 aid trucks had entered Gaza since Israel eased its blockade on Monday. But distribution has been hampered by looting by groups of men, some of them armed, near the city of Khan Younis, the network said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey stole food meant for children and families suffering from severe hunger,\u201d the network said in a statement, which also condemned Israeli airstrikes on security teams protecting the trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Hamas official said six members of a security team tasked with guarding the shipments were killed. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The aid groups network said the amount of aid coming into Gaza was still inadequate and only included a narrow range of supplies. It said Israel\u2019s agreement to allow trucks to enter the war-shattered territory was a \u201cdeceptive manoeuvre\u201d to avoid international pressure calling for the lifting of the blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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