Israel's ambassador says there's no humanitarian crisis in Gaza as Israel bombs and lays siege to it, killing thousands of Palestinians
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- Israel's ambassador to the UK told Sky News that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
- About 2 million Palestinians have been trapped in Gaza with dwindling electricity, food, and water.
- Israel has launched thousands of bombs on Gaza in retaliation for Hamas' attack on Israel.
An Israeli ambassador said she doesn't believe there's a humanitarian crisis in Gaza after Israel dropped thousands of bombs on the territory, killing thousands of Palestinians.
Tzipi Hotovely, Israel's ambassador to the UK, spoke with Sky News' Kay Burley on Monday about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, which began when Hamas militants from Gaza attacked Israel on October 7th, killing more than a thousand Israelis and foreign nationals in Israeli settlements, including women, children, and the elderly, and taking civilians hostage.
Since then, the Israeli Defense Forces have bombarded the Gaza Strip with thousands of bombs, killing over 2,600 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
"There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza," Hotovely said on Sky News. "Israel is in charge of the safety of the Israelis. Hamas is in charge of the safety of the Palestinians."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cut off the flow of electricity, water, fuel, and supplies to Gaza while bombing refugee camps, mosques, and residential areas, displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
The Red Cross has warned that with supplies dwindling, Gaza's hospitals risk turning into morgues. Reuters reported on Sunday that health officials are using ice cream trucks to house dead bodies because morgues and cemeteries have run out of space.
About 2 million residents of Gaza have been unable to flee because the only way out, the Rafah crossing into Egypt, remains closed, the BBC reported.
Kay Burley told Hotovely that Sky News had been showing images that indicate there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Hotovely responded, "What would you think if your children would have been executed in front of your eyes? Would you expect your government to think about those Nazis commit ing those crimes and to say, 'Wait a second first of all we need to protect the enemy and then to protect my children.' Your children come as priority to your prime minister."
She then added, "So blame Hamas. And ask Hamas why they started those atrocities."
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, meanwhile, said on Monday that Britain would increase aid to Palestinian people by $12.8 million, Reuters reported.
"We are increasing our aid by a third with an additional 10 million pounds ($12.18 million) of support. An acute humanitarian crisis is unfolding to which we must respond," Sunak told lawmakers. "We must support the Palestinian people because they are victims of Hamas too."