Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani stressed on Monday the "necessity of the international community to firmly confront the starvation policy pursued by the Israeli occupation in its brutal war against the Palestinian people."

The Qatari minister received Sigrid Kaag, Under-Secretary-General and UN Special Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs and Reconstruction in Gaza, who is currently visiting the country, according to a statement from the Qatari Foreign Ministry, without specifying the duration of her visit.

During the meeting, the close relations between the State of Qatar and the United Nations and ways to support and strengthen them were reviewed.

The two sides discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, particularly the challenges facing humanitarian action, and ways for the two sides to cooperate to deliver humanitarian aid sustainably and without obstacles to all areas of the Strip.

In turn, Al Thani stressed during the meeting "the need for the international community to shoulder its responsibilities to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and to firmly confront the starvation policy pursued by the Israeli occupation in its brutal war against the Palestinian people."

With American support, Israel perpetrated a genocide in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and January 19, 2025, leaving more than 160,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

During the months of the genocide, Palestinians suffered from famine due to the severe restrictions imposed by Israel on the entry of aid, forcing them to consume alternatives such as animal feed and grass and to reduce the number and quantity of daily meals.

Following the end of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza in early March, Israel resumed blocking aid from entering the Strip, which Arab countries, including Egypt, recently deemed "a renewed policy of starvation by Israel."