MER-C: Regional Conflict Causes Decline in Logistics Aid to Gaza
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Chairman of the MER-C Indonesia Presidium, Hadiki Habib, revealed that the US-Israel military aggression against Iran has reduced Israel’s sporadic attacks on innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza, but the heightened Middle East conflict has significantly impacted the delivery of logistics aid to the enclave.
“The current situation in Gaza shows that sporadic attacks from the Israeli side temporarily decreased significantly during the US-Iran conflict,” Hadiki said during a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday.
However, he added, the impact of the conflict has instead caused Israel to tighten Gaza’s borders even further, resulting in a drastic decline in logistics aid deliveries to the enclave.
“This condition has caused food supplies in Gaza to become increasingly limited, while the prices of still-available food items continue to rise,” he stated.
This situation is seen as having a major impact on the lives of Gaza residents, who are now entering a phase of “tightening their belts” due to economic pressures and limitations on basic necessities.
He also added that the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza is currently located in the yellow line area, an imaginary boundary set by Israel that protrudes into Gaza territory.
As a result, the habitable area in Gaza is estimated to remain only about 50 percent compared to the conditions before 7 October 2023.
According to him, the Indonesian Hospital building is still intact. However, there has been no activity at the site to date because in May 2025, the Indonesian team stationed at the facility was evacuated by Palestinian health authorities following a security situation deemed “highly unconducive”.
“Along with the evacuation of humanitarian and health personnel, several medical equipment items were also relocated from the site for safety reasons,” he said.
He further stated that there is currently one Indonesian citizen still in Gaza, a female nurse who has been there for five months.
She is providing healthcare services at a specialist clinic in Gaza that collaborates with MER-C and the Gaza Ministry of Health.
In addition to providing healthcare, he said, the nurse is also assisting in the distribution of non-medical humanitarian logistics aid, including food aid, amid increasingly severe supply shortages.
“Regarding humanitarian missions, the deployment of teams to Gaza has so far been scheduled regularly, including the one in April. However, implementation still considers individual readiness and the security situation on the ground,” Hadiki said.