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Amnesty chief says Gaza maritime corridor and airdrops are ‘sign of powerlessness’
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US Army soldiers load an AC unit aboard the USAV Monterey at the pier of the Joint Base Langley-Eustis during a media preview of the 7th Transportation Brigade deployment in Hampton, Virginia, on March 12, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Efforts to deliver aid to war-torn Gaza by constructing a seaport or through airdrops are a sign of international powerlessness, the head of Amnesty International says in Madrid.
Agnes Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary general, says nobody is holding Israel to account over its delays to deliveries by land so resorting to “airdrops, the construction of a port are a sign of powerlessness and weakness on the part of the international community.”
Israel maintains that it does not restrict humanitarian or medical aid and has blamed the lack of deliveries on the capacity of aid agencies, repeatedly saying that it is approving more aid trucks for crossing than the agencies are able to deliver.
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