The best diplomat in the EU, Kaja Kallas, said that “the Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas” while the number of deaths continues to rise.
Kallas also said that the EU had not supported a new model of aid distribution supported by the United States and Israel which bypassing the UN and other humanitarian organizations.
“We do not support the privatization of the distribution of humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid cannot be armed,” she said.
Israeli air strikes and other military actions since she returned to war in March following a ceasefire killed 3,924 people, according to the Ministry of Health managed by Hamas. Israel says he acts to destroy Hamas and recover the hostages the group holds.
The recent bombings of Israel have killed a large number of civilians. Last Friday, an air strike in Khan Younis killed Nine from a Palestinian doctor 10 children. At least 35 people were killed in a Improved family building school In the north of Gaza during the night of Monday.
Kallas’ remarks follow an intervention by the new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz who said that he “no longer understood” the objectives of Israel in the besieged enclave.
“The way in which the civilian population has been affected … can no longer be justified by a fight against Hamas terrorism,” he said.
The EU is one of the greatest donors of humanitarian aid in Gaza, but Kallas said that most of them could not currently go to the Palestinians who need it. Israel imposed a complete blockade in Gaza in March and started to authorize a aid net after 11 weeks.
“The majority of Gaza aid is provided by the EU, but they do not reach the people because they are blocked by Israel,” said Kallas.
“The suffering of the people is untenable.”
The president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during this time described the recent Israeli attacks against the civil infrastructure of Gaza as “odious” and “disproportionate”.
It also follows the highest criticisms to date by the United Kingdom, France and Canada, which demanded Israel put an end to its military offensive in Gaza. The United Kingdom later said that he suspended commercial talks with Israel.
The EU launched an official examination of its own trade agreement with Israel and Kallas said that it would present “options” at the next meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels on June 23.
The United Nations agencies warned that the population of 2.1 million Gaza is faced at catastrophic levels of hunger after an Israeli blockade of almost three months which was relaxed last week.
Israel and the United States support a new aid distribution system managed by a new controversial group, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
The GHF aid distribution system uses American security entrepreneurs and bypassing the UN, which rejected it as contrary to ethics and inraria. The United States and Israeli governments said it prevented help from Hamas, which the armed group denies.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Tuesday the intention to move the entire population of Gaza to a “sterile zone” in the south of the territory while Israeli troops continue to fight Hamas elsewhere. He also promised to facilitate what he described as “voluntary emigration” of a large part of the population of Gaza to other countries – a much plan consider a forced expulsion.
Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the cross -border attack in Hamas on October 7, 2023, during which around 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
At least 54,084 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health in the territory.