“Assistance has never been sufficient” in the enclave, deplores the ICRC spokesperson

US President Joe Biden is expected to announce during his annual State of the Union address on the night of Thursday March 7 to Friday March 8 that he has ordered the US military to establish a port in Gaza for allow the direct delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave. “I am not aware of this project. We will wait for President Biden’s announcement”indicates Lucile Marbeau, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Thursday in 19/20 info. “All I can say today is that the situation is so desperate for the civilian population in Gaza that the assistance must be massive”believes the ICRC spokesperson, regretting that “the assistance was never enough” in the enclave.

A “glass ceiling of denial” “exploding”

“There is a humanitarian emergency and a humanitarian catastrophe that is becoming difficult to ignore”analyzes for his part Béligh Nabli, university professor of public law and specialist in the Middle East, also present on set. “The glass ceiling of denial is itself exploding before our eyes, including on the side of Israel’s allies, and in particular, naturally, on the side of the United States, because everyone knows that The key to this conflict is partly located in Washington.he adds.

However, the key to this conflict is only“only partly” on the American side, “because what is interesting is that if, today, this humanitarian aid could not be organized in a suitable and sufficient manner, it is quite simply because the blockade has not been loosened, despite American pressure on Israel.underlines Béligh Nabli.