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Hamas demands opening of Gaza border crossings for aid after UN famine declaration
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People walk past trucks loaded with aid for Gaza waiting on the Egyptian side of the Strip's Rafah crossing on August 18, 2025. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Hamas calls for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and lifting of Israeli-imposed restrictions on the flow of aid into the Strip after the United Nations Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system officially declared a famine in parts of the territory.
In a statement published online, the terror group calls for “immediate action by the UN and the Security Council to stop the war and lift the siege” and demands that border crossings into Gaza be opened “without restrictions to allow the urgent and continuous entry of food, medicine, water and fuel.”
Israel denies creating a famine in Gaza, and says the IPC report relies on Hamas sources and accuses the system of having “twisted its own rules” in declaring a famine.
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