Palestinians have warned Britain and other US-led Western countries against deploying forces on the ground in the besieged Gaza Strip under the guise of supporting aid deliveries.
In a statement released on Sunday, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said that British troops would be “treated as occupation forces and will be legitimate targets for the resistance.”
The Palestinian group added that the justification of troop deployment to assist aid deliveries via the new sea corridor was “a lie that does not deceive anyone.”
The report, published by the British state media broadcaster BBC on Saturday, said British forces – known as “wet boots”– would drive trucks along a temporary causeway and deliver aid to a secure distribution area on land once a new sea route opens next month.
“Whoever wants to provide relief to the Palestinian people must press to stop the aggression, break the siege, and bring in relief aid through the official crossings in the Gaza Strip and under Palestinian management and supervision,” the Palestinian group stated.
This comes even though the occupying regime continues to obstruct the delivery of aid into Gaza amid its genocidal war on the blockaded territory which started in early October last year.
