Chinese envoy urges Israel to stop using Gaza humanitarian assistance as bargaining chip

Joyce Msuyahumanitarian chief

Shelters, homes and schools have been burned and bombed to the ground,

Msuya said

The Israeli raid on Joun in the Chouf district resulted... in the death of 15 martyrs, including eight women and four children,

it said

Vedant Patelstate Department spokesman

We are not giving Israel a pass, ... we want

Patel said,

The key to the issue is that Israel, as the occupying power, must fulfill its obligations under international law and should not be permitted to use humanitarian assistance as a bargaining chip,

the ambassador noted

We continue to call for the immediate opening of more land routes into Gaza and for the lifting of administrative and physical restrictions within Gaza to efficiently reach the most vulnerable people and areas,

Dujarric said

Israel is restricting humanitarian access on the one hand, and accusing the UN and the humanitarian agencies of inaction on the other. This is unacceptable,

the ambassador said, calling for Israel's full cooperation with the UN and other humanitarian agencies

However, during the conflict in Gaza, which has been ongoing for 13 months, civilians have been repeatedly deprived of their basic needs, and all humanitarian bottom lines have been breached time and again,

he said

The fact that they even allowed them an additional 30 days to continue the starvation and slaughter in the first place is – in and of itself – unfathomable, outrageous and already in violation of US law,

Ashrawi Hutchison told Al Jazeera

Biden has no intention of using his final months in office to better the humanitarian situation in Gaza or work towards a lasting ceasefire or hostage exchange, despite what he might say, and it should be clear that every step his administration has taken has been to buy Israel time and shield it from accountability,

Kenney-Shawa told Al Jazeera in a statement

Sarah Leah Whitsonhuman-rights activist

If President Biden, Secretary Blinken, and Secretary Austin continue to support Israel after this letter with full knowledge of its well-documented violations, they could be putting themselves at risk of ICC prosecution for enabling Israeli crimes,

Whitson said in a statement

Israeli forces continue to besiege North Gaza and have ordered civilians to leave – including patients from the main hospitals – demonstrating its intention to forcibly evacuate civilians in practice,

the aid organisations said in their assessment

This administration continues to show that it is morally bankrupt,

Abuznaid told Al Jazeera

The Biden administration is just hoping that people won’t pay attention to that letter because they never intended to do anything about it anyway, clearly,

Annelle Sheline, research fellow for the Middle East at the Quincy Institute think tank, told Al Jazeera

There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip,

it said

Still, Israel must ensure its actions are fully implemented - and its improvements sustained over time,

she told the U.N. Security Council

Vedant Patelstate Department spokesman

We want to see the totality of the humanitarian situation improve, and we think some of these steps will allow the conditions for that to continue to progress,

Patel said

Vedant Patelstate Department spokesman

We at this time have not made an assessment that the Israelis are in violation of U.S. law,

State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said

The scorecard is further evidence that systemic impediments on the humanitarian system in Gaza are making a deadly conflict even deadlier,

Save the Children President Janti Soeripto said in a statement

After this 30-day period is up, we are constantly assessing and evaluating, and if we do not see consistent progress, if we do not see the results on the ground, then we will, of course, make appropriate assessments about their compliance with international law,

he said

Vedant Patelstate Department spokesman

We've seen some progress being made. We would like to see some more changes happen. We believe that had it not been for U.S. intervention, these changes may not have ever taken place,

Patel said,