German chancellor to visit Jordan, as Berlin calls for more aid deliveries to Gaza
16-03-2024 09:44 AM
Ammon News - The German government said on Friday that not enough aid deliveries are getting into war-ravaged Gaza, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz is headed to Jordan and the Israeli occupation over the weekend.
“The fact is that there is still not enough humanitarian aid coming to the Gaza Strip. We also call on Israeli occupation to open additional border crossings into the Gaza Strip,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said at a press briefing in Berlin.
He said unequivocally that humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza by air or sea should be viewed "as complementary to land transportation."
On Thursday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Baerbock told a news conference in Berlin that she was “gravely” concerned about the humanitarian situation and a “looming famine” in north Gaza.
According to international aid organizations, the situation of the people in the coastal strip is becoming increasingly desperate as children are beginning to die of starvation.
The UN has warned that there is a risk of a hunger crisis if aid deliveries by truck are not increased in Gaza where around 2.2 million people live.
Anadolu Agency