The Organization of the Families of Captives responded this evening (Wednesday) to the cabinet decision to allow the introduction of minimal humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, expressing their opposition to the move. The families threatened to “intensify the struggle” if this decision was not rescinded.
“Children, babies, women, soldiers, men, and elderly, some of whom had serious illnesses, wounded and shot, are being held underground like animals in inhuman conditions, and the Israeli government is pampering the murderers and kidnappers with baklawa and medicine,” they said. “If this terrible decision to aid the murderers of Gaza is not rescinded, the families’ struggle will intensify in the near future.”
They further argued that “instead of working to strengthen the trust broken and destroyed on the cursed Shabbat, parties in the government decided to provoke the families of captives and missing and stick their finger in the eye of those who haven’t slept or breathed for ten days.”
As already reported, the Prime Minister’s Office stated earlier today that the limited cabinet for the war decided it would not stop the supply of humanitarian aid delivered from Egypt to the Gaza Strip, so long it is only food, water, and medicine for the civilian population in the south of the Gaza Strip or evacuating there, and so long as this supply does not reach Hamas. According to the decision, any supply reaching Hamas – will be stopped.”
The Office also said that “in light of the sweeping and vital American support for the war effort and the demand of American President Biden for basic humanitarian aid, the limited cabinet decided unanimously: Israel will not allow any humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip do long as our captives are not released, and it demands the visits of the Red Cross to our captives and is working to enlist broad international support for this demand.”
