22 countries demand full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately

By AFP and ToI Staff 19 May 2025, 8:14 pm

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Palestinians line up for donated food at a community kitchen in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on May 19, 2025. (AP/ Jehad Alshrafi)

Twenty-two donor countries issue a joint statement urging Israel to “allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately,” after the partial lifting of its blockade on the territory.

The foreign ministers of the countries, including France and Germany, say that “whilst we acknowledge indications of a limited restart of aid,” the population of the war-ravaged territory “faces starvation” and “must receive the aid they desperately need.”

The statement was also signed by the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.