Hamas says Israel using Gaza aid delivery as ‘blackmail’
Hamas has rejected an Israeli plan to bypass international aid agencies and distribute supplies directly inside Gaza’s militarised zones, saying aid must be handled by competent international or local government organisations, not used as “a tool of political blackmail”, Al Jazeera reports.
The group called the proposed Israeli mechanism a violation of international law and “an extension of the policy of starvation and distraction”, accusing Israel of using it to buy time to “commit crimes of genocide”.
Hamas urged the international community not to be “deceived by false occupation narratives” and to push for an immediate lifting of the blockade, allowing the flow of food and medical aid under UN supervision and free of military or political interference.
