The move comes amid growing international pressure on Israel after seven aid workers were killed in Gaza.
Jerusalem:
Israel will allow “temporary” aid shipments through its northern border with the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Friday, reopening access for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that sparked a war threatened by famine. Erez crossing point in the area.
“Israel will allow temporary shipments of humanitarian aid through the Ashdod and Erez checkpoints,” a government statement released hours after U.S. President Joe Biden issued the warning said.
“Increased assistance will prevent a humanitarian crisis and is necessary to ensure that the fighting continues and that war objectives are achieved,” the statement added.
The news comes as international pressure mounts on Israel after it admitted responsibility for a strike that killed seven aid workers.
In a tense 30-minute phone call with Netanyahu on Thursday, Biden “made clear that U.S. policy toward Gaza” would be based on “concrete, concrete steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and human security.” and measurable steps” to determine. “aid workers,” a White House statement said.
In addition to allowing aid to pass through the Erez crossing and the port of Ashdod, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Gaza, authorities will also allow “increased aid from Jordan through the Kerem Shalom crossing,” according to the Israeli statement. “. Southern Israel.
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