Jordan FM says Gaza aid is expiring in warehouses as Israel restricts entry

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Monday that humanitarian aid intended for the Gaza Strip was expiring in warehouses because Israel was preventing it from entering the territory, and called for greater international action to enforce humanitarian law. Safadi made the remarks during a seminar in New York focused on humanitarian diplomacy and upholding international humanitarian law, according to a statement from Jordan’s Foreign Ministry. The event was organized by the European Union and Ireland and co-sponsored by Jordan, the African Union, Brazil and Canada. Safadi said more than two million Palestinians in Gaza continued to face severe deprivation and humanitarian suffering, arguing that the international community had failed to make effective use of mechanisms available under international law. […]