His government Israel He stressed that he is not responsible for the chronic lack of food in Gaza and accused her Hamas that it deliberately caused the crisis.
“In Gaza today there is no famine caused by Israel,” government spokesman David Mencher said, following the warning of more than 100 non -governmental organizations that it is spreading “mass starvation”.
Humanitarian organizations called on Israel to unblock humanitarian aid.
“This is a lack caused by Hamas,” Mencher argued, accusing the organization of preventing food distribution and looting the help for her own needs.
From Paris, however, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said that “the risk of starvation” that threatens civilians in Gaza after 21 months of war is the consequence of the blocking of the enclave from Israel.
The fact that military operations this week “accelerates the deterioration of the humanitarian situation, marked by malnutrition and the risk of famine.
This situation is the result that an exclusion imposed by Israel, “the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.