Top Israeli officials have publicly declared their opposition to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza, despite mounting international legal pressure and devastating conditions of life in the enclave.
“No humanitarian aid will enter Gaza,” announced Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on April 16, continuing, “and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a tool with the population.”
“No one is currently planning to allow any humanitarian aid into Gaza, and there are no preparations to enable such aid,” said Katz, according to a report from the BBC.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the nation’s security minister, weighed in on X on April 16: “As long as our hostages are dying in the tunnels, there is no reason for a gram of food or aid to enter Gaza. Cutting off aid is one of the main levers of pressure on Hamas.”
