The European Commission (EC) announced this Saturday that he will triple “immediately” humanitarian aid which grants to the Gaza Strip until reaching a figure of more than 75 million euros.
“The Commission will immediately increase the current amount of humanitarian aid planned for Gaza by 50 million euros. This will bring the total to more than 75 million euros,” said the president of the EC, Ursula von der Leyenin a statement, after speaking with the Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres.
The German politician stressed that “the Commission supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas terrorists, in full respect of international humanitarian law.”
Von der Leyen visited Israel on Friday and conveyed to its authorities the full solidarity of the European Union after the attacks by the Islamist movement Hamas.
“I know that Israel’s response will show that it is a democracy,” Von der Leyen said in an appearance before the media alongside the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in which she did not pronounce that this reaction must be done in line with the Law. international humanitarian.
In today’s announcement of more aid for Gaza, the community president said that they will continue to “collaborate closely with the UN and its organizations to guarantee that this help reaches those who need it” in the strip.
“We are working hard to ensure that innocent civilians in Gaza receive help in this context,” he emphasized.
For his part, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Janez Lenarcic, declared in the statement that the Commission “is doing everything in its power to provide humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip“.
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“This tripling of EU humanitarian aid will help ensure that civilians in Gaza can meet their basic needs. It is essential that safe and unrestricted access to humanitarian aid is guaranteed,” he concluded.
This Saturday concluded the deadline given by the Israeli forces for a million people to withdraw from the north of the Strip towards the south in the face of an imminent military operation, an ultimatum that the high community representative of Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, considered “dangerous” and “practically impossible”.