Statement by the Press Secretary/Director-General for Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Recent Situation in the Gaza Strip

February 5, 2009
Japanese

The recent confiscation of the aid supplies from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by police personnel in the Gaza Strip is extremely deplorable. The Government of Japan strongly condemns this incident and demands that the confiscated aid supplies be returned immediately.
The Government of Japan is actively making efforts to help improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip through emergency humanitarian assistance equivalent to 10 million dollars and providing blankets and other goods as assistance in kind. It hopes that the international community including the relevant parties will work together for the smooth delivery of the humanitarian assistance to the affected people.

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