Spain calls for permanent aid access to Gaza amid famine warnings
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Spain’s FM warns of mass starvation in Gaza, urging the Israeli occupation to open crossings permanently and allow aid as famine threatens over 140,000 children.
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Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno arrives for an EU foreign ministers meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, July 15, 2025 (AP)
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Thursday urged the Israeli occupation to permanently open border crossings into Gaza to allow the flow of humanitarian aid, warning that the besieged Palestinian enclave is on the brink of a full-scale famine.
“Gaza is facing famine due to the Israeli blockade. What is happening is a disgrace to humanity,” Albares said in a press statement, stressing that starvation continues to claim the lives of civilians each passing day.
The Spanish minister warned that over 100,000 children and 40,000 infants in Gaza are at risk of dying from hunger if immediate action is not taken. He called for an urgent ceasefire to ensure the safe delivery of food and medical supplies to the blockaded population.
Albares’s remarks come as international organizations and human rights groups repeatedly sound the alarm over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza. The ongoing siege, severe food shortages, and obstruction of aid deliveries are deepening the genocide being carried out by the Israeli occupation.
Over 115 dead of hunger
Hospitals in Gaza have reported the death of more than 115 people due to starvation caused by the Israeli occupation’s blockade. The worsening famine is spreading across the entire Strip, compounded by the complete closure of all crossings for 145 consecutive days and the continued prevention of essential humanitarian aid and baby formula from entering.
In a statement released on Thursday, the Government Media Office in Gaza warned of a near-total absence of food, water, and medicine. It stressed that the Strip urgently requires at least 500,000 bags of flour per week to avert total humanitarian collapse.
The office also addressed circulating claims made by some activists outside Gaza, suggesting the famine has been broken or that "hundreds of aid trucks" have entered, categorically denying the assertions.
"These claims have no basis in reality," the statement emphasized, warning that such narratives dangerously echo Israeli propaganda and distort the truth of the ongoing humanitarian crime.
