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'Entirely untenable': Australia condemns Israel's 'outrageous' blockade of aid into Gaza

Iran Press TV

Monday, 26 May 2025 6:59 AM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has blasted Israel for blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, where people are starving amid the regime's genocidal war.

"Israel's actions are completely unacceptable," he told reporters on Monday. "It is outrageous that there be a blockade of food and supplies to people who are in need in Gaza ... People are starving."

Albanese said he had expressed his criticisms to the Israeli president during a recent meeting in the Italian capital of Rome, where he told Isaac Herzog that the regime's "excuses and explanations" for stopping critical food and medical supplies for Gaza were "completely untenable and without credibility."

Israel waged the Gaza geocidal war on October 7, 2023, but it failed to achieve its declared objectives despite killing at least 53,939 Palestinians and injuring 122,797 others.

The occupying entity accepted longstanding negotiation terms by the Hamas resistance group under a Gaza ceasefire, which began on January 19.

However, Israel violated the truce on March 2, cutting off humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Just over two weeks later, the criminal regime also resumed its deadly bombing campaign and redeployed troops to the territory.

Last week, Israel allowed a small amount of food, medicine and other supplies to trickle into Gaza after an 11-week siege that has left many of the 2 million Palestinians there starving.

In a joint statement, two dozen countries, including Australia, urged Israel to allow the full resumption of aid to the Gaza Strip and enable the UN and humanitarian organizations to work independently and impartially to save lives.

"Humanitarian aid should never be politicized and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change," the statement read.

Meanwhile, Labor Australian MP Ed Husic said his country "can and should be doing more" to pressure Israel.

In an article for The Guardian, he said the government should call in the Israeli ambassador to demand "immediate freer, rapid flow of humanitarian aid", as well as rapidly increase contributions to international aid efforts.

Greens Senator David Shoebridge also reiterated his call for the Australian government to end its multi-million dollar military contracts with two Israeli arms companies and their subsidiaries.