Countries demand Israel lift Gaza aid restrictions as Palestinians suffer

A Palestinian woman, Nanaa Abu Jari, cooks outside her tent after it was flooded by heavy rainfall in central Gaza's Nuseirat on January 2, 2026 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

Jan. 2, 2026 - Several countries in the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to allow “immediate, full, and unhindered” deliveries of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as winter storms lash the bombarded Palestinian enclave.

In a statement on Friday, the foreign ministers of Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia warned that “deteriorating” conditions in Gaza had left nearly 1.9 million displaced Palestinians particularly vulnerable.

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