Humanitarian aid in Gaza, 19 dead in strikes, Israel recalls its doha negotiators … News from the conflict to the Middle East on May 21-Liberation

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The United Arab Emirates concluded an agreement with Israel to allow the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, according to a statement published this Wednesday by the official Emirati WAM news agency. The initiative will provide « Essential products to support the functioning of the Enclave bakeries, as well as essential articles for infants, while guaranteeing continuous supply in order to meet the persistent needs of civilians », According to the same source. In « A first phase », This aid could meet the needs of approximately « 15,000 » people, according to Emirati officials.

The NGO Doctors Without Borders accused Israel on Wednesday of letting in Gaza only aid in Gaza « Ridiculously insufficient » Faced with the needs of the territoryonly not to be accused « Famine imposed on the population ». « This plan is a way of instrumentalizing aid, by transforming it into a tool at the service of the military objectives of the Israeli forces », said Pascale Coissard, MSF emergency coordinator in Khan Younis, in a press release.

In the wake of the MSF press release, the new Pope launched this Wednesday a « Pressing call » to let in « Decent humanitarian aid » at Gaza and « Put an end to hostilities »,, « Whose excruciating price is paid by children, the elderly and the sick ». « The situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying and painful »also deplored the pope at his general weekly audience in public place Saint-Pierre, the first since his election.

Mahmoud Abbas, who must discuss the question of weapons in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during his visit to Beirut from this Wednesday, greeted the refusal expressed abroad « Blocus and famine » imposed on Gaza. A declaration pronounced in the aftermath of the announcement by the European Union of the re -examine its association agreement with Israel.

« We (…) salute the positions of the countries of the European Union, (…) of donor countries, and (…) of the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee »declares Mahmoud Abbas in a press release: « All have rejected blockade, famine, displacement and land seizure policies ». « They called for an immediate ceasefire and at the immediate and without hindrance of humanitarian aid through the United Nations » And « Have also rejected the use of aid by Israel as a weapon and a political tool to achieve its illegitimate objectives »he added.

The civil defense of the Gaza Strip reported this Wednesday of the death of 19 people « For most children, and dozens of injured », After Israeli strikes against Palestinian territory during the night. The organization had already noted at least 44 dead on Tuesday, mainly children and women. The Israeli army has intensified in recent days its offensive on the enclavein order to destroy the Islamist Hamas movement and to recover the Israeli hostages selected in the Palestinian territory.

The Hebrew state announced the recall on Tuesday evening « For consultation » of his senior officials responsible for Negotiations in Doha In view of an agreement on the release of hostages in exchange for a ceasefire in Gaza, and the maintenance of a work team in the Qatari capital. The Hebrew State has accepted a « American proposal for the return of hostages » who has « Summer transmitted to Hamas by the mediators » (Egypt and Qatar), but « Hamas camps on its refusal »accused a press release from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, without detailing this American proposal.

Update at 12:12 p.m. With the statements of the Pope and Mahmoud Abbas.