Carney condemns Israel for failing to prevent humanitarian crisis in Gaza
In a statement posted Thursday night on social media, Carney said Israel must stop controlling aid distribution to allow desperately needed supplies into the enclave that Israel first occupied almost sixty years ago. He alleged that the Israeli government has failed 'to prevent the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster' in the territory, where provisions — including some that has been funded by Canada — have been blocked from reaching 'starving civilians' in Gaza.
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