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Israel’s Gaza aid blockade could breach humanitarian law: European nations

Tamer Hassan al-Shafai, 37, eats an iftar meal, the breaking of the fast, with his family in their destroyed house amid the rubble of buildings in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 4, 2025, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan [Bashar Taleb/AFP]

The blockade of aid to the Gaza Strip announced by Israel last week would risk violating international humanitarian law, three European foreign ministers have said in a statement.

In a joint statement published on Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France and Germany called on the government of Israel to abide by its international obligations, and “to ensure full, rapid, safe and unhindered provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza”.

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