ActionAid Ireland CEO Karol Balfe said land remains the most effective method of delivering food and other supplies to Gazans.
US plans to build a new port in Gaza to get aid to the starving population are a “complete distraction” from the international relief effort, the charity ActionAid Ireland has said.
A Spanish aid ship with 200 tonnes of supplies left Cyrpus this week for Gaza; if it can dock successfully, other aid will also be sent by sea., ActionAid Ireland CEO Karol Balfe said Israel has been persisently blocking the delivery of aid to Gaza by land - which remains the“What needs to happen is land access to allow the level of aid to get in,” she said.“Obviously, the Americans will work closely with the Israelis but they will still control what gets in.
Palestinians walk past a building destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Gaza City, 3-1-24. Image:Associated Press / Alamy
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