Arab countries condemned the decision of Israel to stop aid to Gaza according to the terms of the ceasefire agreement, while the European Union denounced the rejection of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), proposing to extend the first stage, which it considered a violation of the agreement.
The European Union warned that Israel’s decision to prevent all humanitarian aid may lead to serious humanitarian consequences.
The Union called for a quick appeal for negotiations on the second stage of the armistice, confirming its strong support for the brokers.
He pointed out that the permanent ceasefire will contribute to the release of all Israeli “hostages” while ensuring the conditions necessary to start recovery and rebuild the Gaza Strip.
The Federation also renewed its call to ensure safe, fast and unrestricted access to humanitarian aid to the needy Palestinians, and to enable the humanitarian field workers and international organizations to work effectively inside Gaza.
He stressed that the European Union’s border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing is ready to continue its work if the parties request this.
At midnight on Saturday, the first phase of the ceasefire agreement and the exchange of prisoners in the Gaza Strip officially ended, which lasted 42 days, without Israel’s approval to enter the second stage and end the war in obstacles from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hours ago, the Netanyahu office said – in a statement – that the Prime Minister decided that “starting this morning (Sunday) will stop entering all goods and supplies to the Gaza Strip.”
Netanyahu’s position was severely criticized and an attack by the families of Israeli prisoners and Israeli politicians, as they accused him of evading negotiations for the second stage and endangering the lives of the prisoners.
After the decision to stop the aid, Hamas said, in a statement, that stopping humanitarian aid is a cheap blackmail, a war crime and a blatant coup against the agreement.
The mediators (Egypt, Qatar and the United States) and the international community called for moving to pressure the occupation and stop its punitive and immoral measures against more than two million people in the Gaza Strip.
Saudi Arabia
In the context, Saudi Arabia condemned the decision of the Israeli government to stop entering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and using it tool for extortion and collective punishment, stressing that this is a flagrant violation of international law.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said this is a direct prejudice to the rules of international humanitarian law in light of the humanitarian catastrophe to the brotherly Palestinian people.
Egypt
Likewise, Egypt condemned the decision of Israel, confirming that this is a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement in the sector between Hamas and Tel Aviv.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said, in a statement, that it condemns the decision issued by the Israeli government to stop the introduction of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and to close the crossings used in humanitarian relief work.
She emphasized that these measures are a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement, the international humanitarian law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and all religious laws.
Egypt stressed the absence of any justification, circumstance, or logic that could allow the use of the starvation of innocent civilians and the imposition of the blockade on them, especially during the month of Ramadan, as a weapon against the Palestinian people.
Cairo called on the international community to assume its responsibilities to stop all illegal and inhuman practices targeting civilians, and to condemn the attempts to achieve political purposes by endangering the lives of innocent people.
Jordan
In a similar step, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the strongest expressions of Israel’s decision to stop the introduction of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and the closure of the crossings used for this purpose.
In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry considered the decision of Tel Aviv to stop the introduction of aid to Gaza, a savvical violation of international law and international humanitarian law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention on the Protection of Civilians in War in 1949.
The spokesman for the ministry, Sufyan Al -Qudah, stressed that the decision of the Israeli government is a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, which threatens to explode the situation again in the sector.
The judges stressed the need for Israel to stop the use of starvation as a weapon against the Palestinians and innocent by imposing the blockade on them, especially during the holy month of Ramadan.
He also called on the international community to assume its legal and ethical responsibilities, and to compel Israel to continue the ceasefire agreement, ensure the implementation of all its stages, and to open the crossings designated for the introduction of humanitarian aid to various parts of the Gaza Strip, which suffers from an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
Qatar
In condemnation of Israel to stop the introduction of aid to the Gaza Strip, the Qatari Foreign Ministry affirmed, in a statement, the categorical rejection of Israel’s use of a weapon of war (Gaza) and the starvation of civilians.
She called on the international community to compel Israel to ensure the entry of aid safely and sustainable and without obstacles to all areas of the sector.
The statement stated: Qatar strongly condemns the decision of the Israeli occupation government to stop the introduction of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and is a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement, the international humanitarian law, the Fourth Geneva Convention and all religious laws.
Qatar’s external renewed its fixed position on the justice of the Palestinian issue, and the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, including the establishment of an independent state on the 1967 borders, and its capital, East Jerusalem.
Kuwait
In a statement, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its strong condemnation and condemnation of the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
She considered that this measure is a flagrant violation of international law, and contrary to the basic principles of international humanitarian law, not cursing the brutal monuments left by the war on Gaza.
The statement renewed the position of the State of Kuwait demanding to stop such decisions and policies that do not take into account the principles of humanity, prevent Palestinian brothers from their most basic rights, and use the policy of starvation to pressure them, especially in the holy month of Ramadan.
On January 19, a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of prisoners between Hamas and Israel began, including 3 stages, each lasting 42 days, by Egypt and Qatar and supporting the United States.
With American support, Israel committed between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025 genocide in the Gaza Strip that left more than 160,000 martyrs and wounded Palestinians, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.
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