New Canadian FM: Israel uses lack of food as weapon
New Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand has said Israel has used the lack of food as a political tool in its campaign of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Anand made the remarks on Wednesday and called on the international community to find a solution for the current humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
“We cannot allow the continued use of food as a political tool … Over 50,000 people have died as a result of the aggression caused against the Palestinians and the Gaza people in Palestine. Using food as a political tool is simply unacceptable,” said Anand.
Israel has closed the Gaza Strip since early March and resumed its military campaign against Hamas resistance groups since March 18.
Israel has denied there is a risk of famine and said that during the ceasefire enough food entered the territory.
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and several International organizations, including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), have categorically rejected the Israeli regime’s claims and said the regime has utilized these excuses to continue the blockade.
Unless the blockade is lifted, the enclave will remain on the brink of one of the most severe cases of famine in human history.
According to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), Gaza’s population suffers from phase 5 famine.
Phase 5 Famine is the highest phase of the IPC Acute Food Insecurity scale. It classifies an area that suffers from the deaths of two people or four children for every 10,000 people each day due to outright starvation or the interaction of malnutrition and disease.
Since March 18, when the Israeli regime broke its ceasefire agreement with the Hamas resistance group, the regime has killed 2,799 people and injured 7,805.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli regime has killed 52,928 and injured 119,846 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the health ministry of the besieged territory.
