Hommam Al Nassim 
Algeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ammar Benjameh, called for the speedy provision of aid to northern Gaza, to avoid complete famine in the Strip.
In his speech during the UN Security Council meeting to discuss the issue of humanitarian aid access to Gaza, Ben Jama said, “Hunger and malnutrition have caused a catastrophic crisis in Gaza.”
He added, “To avoid complete famine in the Gaza Strip, we need to quickly secure the arrival of aid to the northern Gaza Strip.”
Bin Jama pointed out that, “In December, the Security Council adopted a resolution establishing a mechanism to manage the procedures for the arrival of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, but events and facts proved the inefficiency and effectiveness of this resolution.”
The Algerian delegate also pointed out that “when this decision was adopted, about 100 trucks began entering the Gaza Strip daily, while before October 7, 500 trucks were entering the Strip daily.”
Bin Jamaa warned that “humanitarian actors are experiencing difficulties in reaching Gaza,” adding that “Israel’s deliberate policy of using starvation as one of the tools of war has prevented humanitarian aid from reaching the Strip.”
He stressed that “the destruction of the Rafah crossing, which is now out of service, cannot be justified, nor can the bureaucratic obstacles imposed by the occupation forces on the arrival of humanitarian aid be justified.”
He stated that “photos of more than 1,200 humanitarian aid trucks lined up on the Egyptian side of the Palestinian border confirm these bureaucratic obstacles and complex administrative procedures,” considering that “the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has unfortunately become linked to international pressures and the desires of the Zionist occupier.”
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