Australian PM Albanese says Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is ‘an outrage’
Anthony Albanese says Netanyahu government excuses' for stopping critical food and medical supplies are completely untenable'
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Israel's blockade of aid into Gaza is an outrage", Anthony Albanese has said, calling the Israeli government's excuses" for stopping critical food and medical supplies completely untenable".
Prime minister Albanese says he last week told Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, of Australia's deep concern over the blocking of aid into the Palestinian territory. The United Nations says the entire population of Gaza is facing famine and that Israel's 80-day blockade of supplies may constitute the cruelest phase of this cruel conflict".
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