The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine confirmed that the aerial delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip is an affront to the dignity of the Palestinian citizen, who is subjected to a genocidal war and a systematic starvation war, especially in the governorates of Gaza and the North. It also aims to create widespread chaos in the Strip.
The Front added, “The airdrop operation is futile and cannot deliver aid to all the hungry and besieged citizens in all areas in a complete and equitable manner. It contributes to the consolidation of the occupation’s plans by separating the north of the Strip from its center and south and restricting the work of UNRWA. It also absolves the international community of its clear responsibilities and obligations to stop the genocidal war and break the siege imposed on the Strip, and to impose the opening of all crossings and the introduction of aid to the Strip without restrictions, especially to the areas of Gaza and the North.”
The Front emphasized that the US administration and some Western and Arab countries’ aerial operations on the Strip have media and political objectives to alleviate mass pressure and public outrage against these countries and to show them as keen on ending the suffering of the Gaza Strip and delivering aid to the citizens. It also diverts the world’s attention from the reality of the genocidal war and the horrific massacres being waged on the Gaza Strip.
The Front remarked, “Whoever takes permission from the occupation to conduct aerial operations on the Strip can obtain a permit to bring this aid, especially to the areas of Gaza and the North, through the official crossings and land routes, through which a large number of relief convoys can be introduced.”
The Front warned against any ideas proposed with the objective of creating a sea bridge to deliver relief aid to the Strip, asserting that they have dangerous goals that do not aim to end our people’s suffering and introduce aid but rather serve the occupation’s plans for displacement or consolidating a reality imposed by the occupation in the Strip. The priority now is to stop the genocidal war, break the siege, open all official crossings, and introduce all aid.
The Front called on the Arab masses and the free people of the world to raise their voices and continue the wide popular mobilization in capitals and cities, and besiege the premises of international institutions and embassies of aggression to pressure for the cessation of aggression, breaking the siege imposed on the Strip, and introducing all aid, especially to the North and Gaza.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Central Media Office
7-3-2024