Israel Reportedly Allows Foreign Countries To Send Aid To Gaza Amid Acute Hunger

JAKARTA - Israel will allow foreign countries to send aid to Gaza from Friday, Israel's military radio statement quoted a military official as saying.

An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a response to the report on Friday, July 25.

Gaza's health ministry said more than 100 people had died from starvation in the Palestinian territories since Israel cut supplies to the region in March.

Israel, which has been at war with Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza since October 2023, lifted the blockade in May.

But Israel continues to apply the restrictions it thinks are necessary to prevent the transfer of aid to militant groups.

In the first two weeks of July, the UN children's agency, UNICEF, treated 5,000 children who were facing acute malnutrition in Gaza.

Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday Gaza was suffering from mass hunger due to a blockade of aid to the region.