Council of Europe accuses Israel of deliberate starvation in Gaza

To those proposing an alternative modality for aid distribution, let's not waste time. We already have a plan,

he said in a statement as Israel blocked the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza for the 75th day in a row

We have the people. We have the distribution networks. We have the trust of the communities on the ground. And we have the aid itself – 160,000 pallets of it – ready to move. Now,

he said

This plan is not perfect, but this plan will be feeding people by the end of the month, in a scenario where no one has allowed aid in over the course of the last 10 weeks,

Wood said

Israel controls access to Gaza, and if, if it is their belief that there is a large percentage of aid that is being interdicted by Hamas and other non-state actors … then we have no choice but to create a mechanism which operates in that construct and in that framing,

Wood said

I cannot blame the humanitarian community for crying foul amid that misinformation. I would not have participated in a plan that did those same things. However, that is not the plan,

Wood said

Emmanuel Macronpresident

We are reaching a level that we have never seen before, in terms of the humanitarian impact, since the beginning of this,

said Macron

Emmanuel Macronpresident

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is intolerable,

Macron told reporters, as he attended a meeting of European leaders in Albania

I will have the opportunity to speak about this with Prime Minister Netanyahu and I have also raised the matter with President Trump,

he said

Forced displacement or the expulsion of the Palestinian people, by any means, is unacceptable and would constitute a breach of international law,

the leaders said

We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza,

the leaders said

Hospitals are protected at all times - and are even more indispensable during war,

Turk said

We must stop the clock on this madness,

he said, urging all parties, including third states with direct influence, to stop the assault

Families are forced to live in tents under conditions far below standards keeping their human dignity, and extreme hunger is deepening due to the Israeli blockade,

the statement said

The killing of patients or of people visiting their wounded or sick loved ones, or of emergency workers or other civilians just seeking shelter, is as tragic as it is abhorrent,

he said

This latest barrage of bombs... and the denial of humanitarian assistance underline that there appears to be a push for a permanent demographic shift in Gaza that is in defiance of international law and is tantamount to ethnic cleansing,

Volker Turk said in a statement

Dora Bakoyannismember of the Hellenic Parliament

The time for a moral reckoning over the treatment of Palestinians has come – and it is long overdue,

said Dora Bakoyannis, rapporteur for the Middle East at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

No cause, no matter how just or pure, can ever justify every means,

Bakoyannis said in a statement

The UN has a plan, an excellent plan, that is ready to be implemented as soon as we’re allowed to do our work,

he added

I was called by someone from Hamas who said that they are interested in releasing all the Israeli hostages in return for a ceasefire in Gaza,

Mr Bahbah told Israeli Channel 12.

As we’ve stated repeatedly, this particular distribution plan does not accord with our basic principles, including those of impartiality, neutrality, independence, and we will not be participating in this,

said Farhan Haq, a UN spokesman