Austria calls for medical corridor amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza

Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger says the “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis in Gaza has led her country to support calls for a medical corridor, allowing patients to be evacuated to the occupied West Bank for treatment. 

In a social media post on Tuesday, the top Austrian diplomat said the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza had prompted her country to join calls to establish a medical “corridor.”

The plan initiated by Denmark seeks patients from Gaza for treatment in the occupied West Bank.

She also urged Israel to lift restrictions on the delivery of medicine and medical equipment to Gaza in line with international law.

“Together, we call on Israel to open a humanitarian corridor and allow medical supplies into the Gaza Strip,” the Austrian foreign minister said in a post on X.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said there was a “broad coalition” behind the proposal, and that it was “important that the international community puts pressure on Israel to give the required permissions.”

More than two dozen countries have signed a joint statement, calling for the restoration of the medical corridor to the West Bank and occupied East al-Quds.

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The signatories also offered financial help, medical staff or equipment needed to treat patients in the West Bank.

The latest humanitarian proposal comes amid mounting public pressure on European and Western countries to end their complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

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As Israel's humanitarian blockade on the besieged strip continues, longtime US and Israel allies are now increasingly shifting positions, as the Tel Aviv regime escalates its genocidal war on Gaza, including a major ground offensive on Gaza City.

The UN and other humanitarian organizations have reiterated that the Israeli regime has placed Gaza’s healthcare system on the verge of collapse.

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Israel has frequently conducted strikes on hospitals throughout the 23-month war in Gaza.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health has repeatedly warned that the health situation in the besieged territory is “totally catastrophic” as the main hospitals are out of service due to Israel's relentless attacks.

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in fresh attacks since Tuesday morning.

The majority of the fatalities took place in Gaza City, which remains the epicenter of the intensified airstrikes.

According to reports, Israeli forces detonated explosive-laden robots in the city’s Tal al-Hawa and Sabra neighborhoods, as well as in the Shati refugee camp.

Meanwhile, Israel’s ongoing humanitarian blockade continues to take a heavy toll on civilians. A five-year-old girl died at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis from malnutrition.

The death toll from the US-Israeli genocide that started in October 2023 has risen to 65,400, with nearly 167,000 others injured.

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