Fury Over Food Aid Blocked for Starving Palestinians
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper expressed strong anger and frustration after visiting a warehouse in Amman, Jordan, where thousands of tonnes of food aid intended for Gaza remain stuck due to Israeli restrictions.
Food Aid Details
Approximately 5,000 pallets, or 4,000 metric tonnes, of vital supplies such as wheat flour, tinned goods, yeast, and sugar are being held at a World Food Programme (WFP) depot outside Amman.
Officials report that there is enough aid in Jordan to supply 150 trucks daily into Gaza, five days a week, for three months. However, Israel has closed the main crossing from Jordan into the West Bank to goods vehicles, blocking the aid’s entry.
Yvette Cooper’s Statements
“We've got UK funded aid that needs to go to Gaza and it's being held up here in Jordan.”
“The wheat alone in this warehouse could feed 700,000 people for a month and yet we've got children in Gaza who are still going hungry. That is wrong and it has to be fixed.”
“That's why I'm calling for the Jordanian route into Gaza to be reopened.”
“I'm calling for the reopening of all the crossings and to make sure that we can get this aid flooded back into Gaza, because frankly the people of Gaza can't wait.”
She added that the situation “feels so deeply wrong” and expressed her frustration at seeing food ready to reach families but unable to do so.
Summary
Yvette Cooper condemned the ongoing blockage of humanitarian aid for Gaza, urging the reopening of crossings to alleviate hunger among the population.
This situation highlights critical delays in delivering essential food aid to Gaza’s vulnerable people due to border restrictions.