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[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would Israel really interfere less?

Israel has had control of the sea and air space since the blockade, preventing humanitarian aid shipments from arriving and enforcing a 6 nautical mile zone for only fishing boats. Even with international pressure, good chance they will delay these shipments as they have the trucks.

Humanitarian Aid trucks have always been inspected by the IDF since the Blockade, and used it to limit basic necessities and reject many items Israel deemed 'dual-use.' Yet with those restrictions they allowed in more than 500 aid trucks a day to help with the humanitarian crisis caused by the blockade. Israel's prevention of humanitarian aid is deliberate and controlled.

Even when the IDF is letting aid trucks in now, they still prevent many basic necessities. The port may help but millions are on the brink of starvation, with dozens of people already dying of starvation. They need those aid trucks now, the US absolutely has the soft power over Israel to do so.