<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>A shipment of humanitarian aid from the Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation (AECID), consisting of 12 tons of food, left the Zaragoza Air Base this Thursday for the Gaza Strip. The shipment aims to alleviate the "induced famine" experienced in the enclave due to the humanitarian blockade imposed by Israel.</strong></h4> According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the shipment consists of approximately 5,500 food rations that will feed approximately 11,000 people and will be added to the trucks with Spanish humanitarian aid waiting at the border. The Air Force's A400 military aircraft is scheduled to take off from Jordan this Friday to deliver food aid to the Gazan population using 24 parachutes. This urgent aid shipment, coordinated between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), and the Ministry of Defense, is part of Spain's efforts to respond urgently and effectively to the humanitarian catastrophe affecting the Strip. According to Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, this shipment is "a drop in the ocean" that will serve "to alleviate the Israeli-induced famine in Gaza." "What is happening in Gaza must end now and cannot happen again," the minister reiterated, insisting that humanitarian aid must be delivered regularly, sufficiently, and safely in accordance with international standards, and that the only way to avoid a humanitarian collapse is to end the war and implement a lasting political solution based on the existence of two states. “The induced famine that Gazans are suffering is a disgrace to humanity. We are talking about daily deaths from hunger, 100,000 children and 40,000 babies at risk of death. Israel must now allow the permanent, uninterrupted, and free passage of all possible humanitarian aid,” he warned. Therefore, in this “very difficult moment, we must mobilize, not tomorrow or next week, but now.” Furthermore, the minister again demanded a ceasefire that would allow the distribution of aid in Gaza following humanitarian principles and neutrality. “I reiterated this this week at the Conference for the Two-State Solution in New York at the UN, where I also encouraged the countries that have not yet recognized Palestine to follow Spain's lead, as we did in May 2024, to protect the two-state solution,” he insisted. “This is not about sides, it's about lives. It's time to move from words to action,” he concluded.
