Israel has re -authored the partial entry of private goods in the Gaza Strip beshed threatened with the famine, the COGAT, an organization of the Ministry of Defense by the Civil Administration of this Palestinian territory on Tuesday, August 5.
“A mechanism has been approved to gradually control and control the entry to the goods through the private sector in Gaza,” said a COGAT statement.
“The objective is to increase the volume of the aid that enters the Gaza Strip, while reducing the dependence on the collection of help from the UN and international organizations,” according to the same source.
This measure is taken “after the decision of the Cabinet (of the Prime Minister) to expand humanitarian aid and after a preparatory work carried out by security services.”
Baby foods, hygiene products, vegetables …
To “establish this mechanism, the security system has approved a limited number of local merchants, subject to various criteria and a rigorous security control,” says the COGAT.
The payment of goods “will only be made by bank transfer, under control and supervision.”
“Approved products include basic food products, baby food, fruits and vegetables and hygiene items,” Cogat said.
All goods will be subject to rigorous control by the authority of the land passages of the Ministry of Defense before entering the Gaza Strip, this organization underlines.
A “generalized famine”
The Israeli army, “through the COGAT and in collaboration with security services, will continue to implement control mechanisms and monitoring of the entry of aid in the Gaza Strip, while taking all possible measures to avoid the participation of the Hamas terrorist organization in the transport and distribution of aid processes,” concludes the press release.
Since the beginning of the war, Israel has been accumulated in a territory of 365 km2, already subject to an Israeli block for more than 15 years.
At the end of May, it raised the total humanitarian block at the end of May that imposed in early March, but only authorizes the entry of very limited amounts, considered insufficient by the UN. The Palestinian territory, totally dependent on humanitarian aid, is now threatened with a “generalized famine,” according to the UN.
Source: BFM TV
