Netanyahu’s objective is to perpetuate the humanitarian crisis in the coastal enclave and deepen the suffering of the population, denounced Ismail Al-Thawabta, Director General of the Government Media Office in Gaza.

Israel announces in the media its preparations or intentions to reopen the Rafah crossing, but on the ground there is no real commitment or clear timetable, he stressed.

Such conduct reflects a deliberate policy of deception, aimed at minimizing international pressure without producing any real change, he emphasized.

Al-Thawabta insisted that the intransigence of keeping the crossing closed is “part of a systematic policy aimed at imposing a suffocating siege on the Gaza Strip.”

He noted that more than 22,000 sick and injured people are waiting for authorization to travel abroad to receive adequate medical treatment.

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