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'Stop Humanitarian Aid with Your Bodies' - Israelis Prevent Trucks from Entering Gaza (www.palestinechronicle.com)

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Families of Israeli captives obstructed on Thursday the entry of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for the second day in a row, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

According to Haaretz, the families, along with right-wing activists, blocked the passage of aid trucks to Gaza through the Kerem Shalom (Karem Abu Salem) crossing.

Protesters reportedly closed the road to the crossing and prevented trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from passing.

“We are here today to show (Israeli) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he can stop the trucks, just as we are stopping them now,” Dany Elgart, a brother of one of the captives, reportedly said, adding:

“I call on all citizens: come to the checkpoint and stop this humanitarian aid with your bodies. It is not humanitarian at all because it only serves one segment of the population there. The hostages there do not receive any humanitarian aid.”

The aid comes from abroad and is transported through Israel, which announced the closure of crossings to the Gaza Strip on October 7, according to Anadolu news agency.

On October 9, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip. “We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly,” Gallant said.

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[–] Motavader 77 points 11 months ago (2 children)

'"It is not humanitarian at all because it only serves one segment of the population there. The hostages there do not receive any humanitarian aid.”

They mean the civilians in Gaza held hostage by the Israeli military, right?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Plus by all accounts the hostages are fed and recieve medical care etc. By blocking aid they are starving their own relatives.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Full fascist shit you would expect Nazis to do to their own. Israel is incapable of peace and the only solution is to resist and retaliate against it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

They couldn’t possibly fathom that their relatives are being treated about as well as one could hope in this kind of situation, because Israel regularly tortures, beats, and starves Palestinian hostages.

[–] snek 7 points 11 months ago

Not by all accounts, I think, but mostly yes.

[–] snek 5 points 11 months ago

Worse of all, since these hostages are a bargaining chip, they would likely use military rations to keep them alive anyway, so basically these people are trying to prevent aid from reaching tens of thousands of pregnant women now having shitty pregnancy complications and dying alongside their children, or watching their new born die before them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No they obviously mean the Israeli hostages held by Palestinians.

[–] Nastybutler 1 points 11 months ago

Whoosh