Qatar’s State Minister for International Cooperation, Lolwah Alkhater, has discussed humanitarian aid and ceasefire in Gaza with UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths.
They stressed the need for a ceasefire and to open border crossings “to bring more more humanitarian aid into the strip,” according to a statement shared by Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on social media.
Griffiths last week decried the “imminent” famine in Gaza, saying that the “international community should hang its head in shame for failing to stop this”.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has urged Israel to remove remaining obstacles to allow food delivery into famine-threatened Gaza, reported Al Jazeera. Speaking during a visit to Egypt, Guterres said that the deliveries should also include an exponential increase in commercial deliveries.
“The daily assault on the human dignity of Palestinians is creating a crisis of credibility for the international community,” he said.
