Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Israel of violating international law for withholding humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and said the country should let international organizations do the distribution.
Israel in recent weeks has implemented a stricter aid distribution model seeking to prevent Hamas from hijacking shipments. There have been many chaotic scenes and casualties around the distribution points of late.
Carney in a July 24 statement said Israel’s actions have led to a “rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster in Gaza.”
“Israel’s control of aid distribution must be replaced by comprehensive provision of humanitarian assistance led by international organizations,” said the prime minister. He added that many of these organizations hold “significant” humanitarian aid funded by the Canadian government which he said has been “blocked from delivery to starving civilians.”…