More than a year after a ceasefire was meant to bring relief to Gaza, Israel continues to heinously choke the flow of the most basic means of survival. Tents, shelter kits, fuel and caravans remain stranded at Gaza’s borders while displaced Palestinians face flooding, freezing temperatures and life-threatening shelter conditions. This is no failure of logistics but a deliberate policy of collective punishment, and Pakistan has once again refused to stay silent.
Pakistan has strongly condemned Israel’s continued illegal actions to deny basic humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, declaring them a grave violation of the ceasefire and international law. As Islamabad rightly points out, the continued denial of basic necessities has aggravated an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Pakistan’s principled stand reflects its consistent, unwavering support for the Palestinian people, a position it has upheld at every forum while others have offered little more than hollow statements.
Pakistan’s position is echoed at the highest levels of the United Nations. UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov has also strongly condemned the Israeli illegal occupation, expressing concern over civilian casualties and damage to critical medical supplies and civilian infrastructure. Briefing the Security Council, he warned that Israeli military operations since the ceasefire have killed some 1,500 Palestinians, including more than 320 children, and that the people of Gaza must not be forced to endure another winter without safe shelter.
The numbers expose the scale of Israel’s cruelty. An estimated 564,000 children in Gaza are living in critical or catastrophic shelter conditions as winter rains flood displacement camps, while 1.2 million people, or 58% of Gaza’s population, are living in the same desperate conditions. Gaza’s first winter storm alone flooded around 70,000 tents in a single day.
Israel has repeatedly blocked caravans promised under the ceasefire as an alternative to tents, while tents, shelter kits and fuel remain waiting at Gaza’s borders. Every truck held back is a family left to sleep in floodwater.
Some 464,000 people are living in displacement sites at high risk of flooding. 84% of families remain unable to heat their shelters, while 48% burn plastic, tyres or garbage for cooking, releasing toxic fumes that cause respiratory illnesses and carbon monoxide poisoning. Israel has turned the season itself into a weapon against a defenceless population.
Israel must immediately halt its obstruction of humanitarian assistance essential to civilian survival. The international community, which has watched this catastrophe unfold far too passively, must hold Israel accountable and ensure immediate and unconditional humanitarian access to Gaza. Pakistan has made its position clear. It is now time for the world to match words with action.
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Pakistan Demands Accountability As Israel Starves Gaza Of Shelter
More than a year after a ceasefire was meant to bring relief to Gaza, Israel continues to heinously choke the flow of the most basic means of survival. Tents, shelter kits, fuel and caravans remain stranded at Gaza’s borders while displaced Palestinians face flooding, freezing temperatures and life-threatening shelter conditions. This is no failure of logistics but a deliberate policy of collective punishment, and Pakistan has once again refused to stay silent.
Pakistan has strongly condemned Israel’s continued illegal actions to deny basic humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, declaring them a grave violation of the ceasefire and international law. As Islamabad rightly points out, the continued denial of basic necessities has aggravated an already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Pakistan’s principled stand reflects its consistent, unwavering support for the Palestinian people, a position it has upheld at every forum while others have offered little more than hollow statements.
Pakistan’s position is echoed at the highest levels of the United Nations. UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov has also strongly condemned the Israeli illegal occupation, expressing concern over civilian casualties and damage to critical medical supplies and civilian infrastructure. Briefing the Security Council, he warned that Israeli military operations since the ceasefire have killed some 1,500 Palestinians, including more than 320 children, and that the people of Gaza must not be forced to endure another winter without safe shelter.
The numbers expose the scale of Israel’s cruelty. An estimated 564,000 children in Gaza are living in critical or catastrophic shelter conditions as winter rains flood displacement camps, while 1.2 million people, or 58% of Gaza’s population, are living in the same desperate conditions. Gaza’s first winter storm alone flooded around 70,000 tents in a single day.
Israel has repeatedly blocked caravans promised under the ceasefire as an alternative to tents, while tents, shelter kits and fuel remain waiting at Gaza’s borders. Every truck held back is a family left to sleep in floodwater.
Some 464,000 people are living in displacement sites at high risk of flooding. 84% of families remain unable to heat their shelters, while 48% burn plastic, tyres or garbage for cooking, releasing toxic fumes that cause respiratory illnesses and carbon monoxide poisoning. Israel has turned the season itself into a weapon against a defenceless population.
Israel must immediately halt its obstruction of humanitarian assistance essential to civilian survival. The international community, which has watched this catastrophe unfold far too passively, must hold Israel accountable and ensure immediate and unconditional humanitarian access to Gaza. Pakistan has made its position clear. It is now time for the world to match words with action.
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