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'Facts matter less': Israel, Huckabee slam UK foreign secretary over Gaza medicine claims

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  • Israel’s Foreign Ministry and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee disputed British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s claims that medicines were being blocked from entering Gaza.
  • The ministry said 22,500 tons of medical supplies had entered Gaza since the ceasefire began and noted that residents continued to leave for treatment.
  • Huckabee separately criticized Britain while describing a visit with US citizens in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, where residents reported attacks by settlers.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sharply rebuked British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband over his account of Gaza’s medical conditions, accusing him of relying on stories rather than facts.

The stories I was told, about medicines being blocked from getting in, about children dying while waiting for vital, life-saving treatment.

· Ed MilibandThe British foreign secretary cited these accounts when describing conditions in Gaza.

Miliband, who is Jewish, said he found what was happening in Gaza “horrifying.” He referred to accounts of medicines being blocked and children dying while waiting for life-saving treatment. He said Britain’s government needed to act more decisively.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry responded in a post on X that there were no restrictions on bringing medicines into Gaza and that no medicine was being blocked. It said 22,500 tons of medical supplies had entered the Strip since the ceasefire began. Gaza residents also continued to leave for medical treatment, including 200 people in the previous two weeks, the ministry said.

The British foreign secretary publishes a video in which he recounts ‘stories’ he was told about Gaza. Had the foreign secretary been interested in facts rather than stories, he would have known that there are no restrictions whatsoever on bringing medicines into the Gaza Strip, and that no medicine is being blocked.

· Israel’s Foreign MinistryThe ministry disputed Miliband’s claims about access to medicines in Gaza.

The ministry added that Britain was a member of the international support center for Gaza, which helps transfer medical aid into the Strip. It ended its response with a pointed conclusion: “But apparently, facts matter less (when producing a video for a political audience).”

The Brits have lost it. Their government’s Jew hatred knows no bounds and recognizes no facts.

· Mike HuckabeeThe US ambassador endorsed Israel’s criticism of Miliband.

Huckabee backed the ministry, writing that “the Brits have lost it. Their government’s Jew hatred knows no bounds and recognizes no facts.” Earlier that day, he visited Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town in the Ramallah area, where he met residents and relatives of US citizens killed by settlers. He said they described “criminal and terrorist acts” by trespassers, but added that such actions did not reflect 99% of Israelis.

to hear troubling stories about criminal and terrorist acts by a group of trespassers, who brazenly roam the lands of lawful property owners like these people. Shameful acts that do not reflect 99% of Israelis.

· Mike HuckabeeHuckabee described what residents told him during his visit to Turmus Ayya.
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