People in Gaza cannot afford to wait for aid, the Foreign Secretary has said, as she piled pressure on Israel to lift restrictions on lifesaving supplies.

 

Yvette Cooper will travel to Jordan on Monday to witness how desperately-needed aid is being held up at the border. She will visit a warehouse stuffed with aid paid for by Britain that is being blocked from entering the war-ravaged strip.

 

Ahead of the visit, she said: “The people of Gaza cannot afford to wait." Ms Cooper is pushing to unblock restrictions on vital supplies during a four-day visit to the Middle East - her first to the region as Foreign Secretary. Speaking to the Mirror in Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, she said: "We've seen man-made famine.

 

Yvette Cooper sounds dire Gaza warning as she piles pressure on Israel

 

 

2 minutes ago, bannork said:

People in Gaza cannot afford to wait for aid, the Foreign Secretary has said

 

   For two years now Palestinians have been on the brink of mass starvation , surely they can wait  few weeks more ?

Türkiye has called on Israel to halt its repeated violations of a United States-brokered ceasefire in Gaza and to allow vital humanitarian aid into the besieged Palestinian enclave.

 

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made the appeal following a high-level summit in Istanbul on Monday (3 November), attended by top diplomats from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia.

 

The meeting sought to address the deteriorating situation in Gaza and to discuss the framework for a proposed international stabilisation force backed by the United Nations.

 

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8 minutes ago, bannork said:

Türkiye has called on Israel to halt its repeated violations of a United States-brokered ceasefire in Gaza and to allow vital humanitarian aid into the besieged Palestinian enclave.

 

   Hamas agreed to step down and leave Gaza .

Hamas have failed to do that .

Hamas broke the ceasefire by not stepping down and disarming 

Foreign aid has been flowing into Gaza.  Foreign aid is being stolen by Hamas. The reduction in aid that reaches the  population is blamed on israel .The USA has documented the situation because it and the EU have been monitoring the delivery of aid supplies.

 

On Nov. 1, 2025 US Central Command (CENTCOM) released drone footage showing Hamas operatives looting a humanitarian aid truck in southern Gaza. According to CENTCOM, the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat observed the incident via an MQ-9 drone while monitoring the Israel–Hamas ceasefire. Reports state that the individuals attacked the driver, stole the truck and the aid, and left the driver on the road median.