By Anadolu staff
RABAT, Morrocco (AA) – Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch called Tuesday for an urgent delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip to address a severe humanitarian crisis in the enclave amid a deadly Israeli offensive.
“What is happening in Gaza is not just staggering numbers of civilian casualties or widespread destruction,” Akhannouch said in a speech at an emergency aid conference for Gaza, hosted by Jordan.
“It is an unparalleled tragedy for over 2.3 million Palestinians living in unbearable conditions,” he added.
He highlighted the exacerbation of living conditions in Gaza due to a crippling blockade imposed by Israel and restricted access to relief supplies, describing life in the densely populated enclave as “an unbearable hell without security and access to water, food, or medicine.”
Reaffirming Morocco's readiness to provide support to the Palestinian people, Akhannouch emphasized that “humanitarian aid to save lives cannot be held hostage by politics and conflicts.”
“Military solutions will not bring peace or stability,” he added.
Akhannouch stressed the importance of enabling UN agencies, particularly the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), to perform their humanitarian duties without obstacles.
The humanitarian aid conference, dubbed “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza”, is organized by Jordan, Egypt and the UN. The main session of the conference began on Tuesday afternoon, with broad international participation.
Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.
Nearly 37,200 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and more than 84,800 others injured, according to local health authorities.
Eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio