Japan is considering providing $32 million in additional humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has said, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas drags on.
At a Group of 20 ministerial gathering in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, Kamikawa voiced her "serious concern" about the "critical humanitarian situation" in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave amid Israel's bombardment of the area, Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
Reiterating criticisms of the "terrorist attacks" on Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 and expressing "deep concern" over recent Israeli military operations in Gaza's Rafah district, Kamikawa demanded all parties "act from a humanitarian viewpoint," the ministry added.