Entry of aid to Gaza urged

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza must no longer be tolerated, calling the deaths, destruction, and starvation "unacceptable" and urged Israel to allow the entry of aid.

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Asked how the Philippines could reconcile its alliance with Israel and its vote in favor of a Gaza ceasefire at the United Nations, the President said humanitarian concerns must come first.

"I think it is unanimous that the humanitarian cost of the continued attacks on Gaza is unacceptable," Marcos said in an interview with India's Firstpost.

"The death, the destruction, and now the starvation that is occurring there - they should not be happening in this day and age," he added.