LONDON: Humanitarian aid for Gaza is still being restricted, and Qatar is working with its partners to ensure that changes, the country’s prime minister told Davos on Tuesday.
“The humanitarian situation (in Gaza) may be better than last year, but it still needs a lot of intervention. A lot of humanitarian aid is still not allowed to enter because of restrictions, and we need to have unrestricted access for humanitarian aid for the people,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman told President and CEO of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende.
“We are working together very closely with our colleagues in the United States, Egypt, and Turkiye in order to ensure that there is a mechanism that supports the technocratic government that’s just been established in Gaza, in order to enable them to help the people and deliver a better life for the people,” he said.
The premier’s comments come a week after US Envoy Steve Witkoff announced the start of phase two of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, with a technocratic Palestinian government established in the territory.
The 15-member Palestinian body will be headed by Ali Shaath, a former deputy minister in the Palestinian Authority, according to a joint statement by mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye.
