EU says Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is needed to fight Hamas

The best EU diplomat Kaja Kalas said that “Israeli Gaza strikes go beyond what is needed to fight Hamas,” as the death rate there continues to increase.

Kalas also said that the EU is not supporting a new model to distribute help supported by the US and Israel, which surrounds 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 hostilities since the war resumed in March after the fire was terminated, 3,924 people were killed, said Hamas’s health ministry. Israel says it works to destroy Hamas and return hostages that the group possesses.

Israel’s recent bombings have killed a large number of civilians. Last Friday Air strike at Khan Younis killed Nine by Palestinian doctor 10 childrenS At least 35 people were killed in a Shelters for shelter in school buildings displaced families In North Gaza one night until Monday.

Callas’ remarks follow the intervention of the new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said he “no longer understands” Israel’s goals in the siege enclave.

“The way the civilian population is affected … it can no longer be justified by the fight against Hamas’s terrorism,” he said.

The EU is one of the largest donors of humanitarian aid for gas, but Kalas said that the greater part of it was not able to reach the Palestinians who need it. Israel imposed a complete blockade of gas in March and only began to allow help from help after 11 weeks.

“The bigger part of the gas help is provided by the EU, but it does not reach people as it is blocked by Israel,” Kalas said.

“People’s suffering is bankrupt.”

The chairman of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, in the meantime, has identified the latest Israeli attacks on the Gaza civil infrastructure as “disgusting” and “disproportionate”.

He also follows the strongest criticism so far from the United Kingdom, France and Canada, who have requested Israel to end their military offensive in Gaza. Later, the United Kingdom said stopping trade conversations with Israel.

The EU has launched an official review of its own trade agreement with Israel, and Kalas said it would submit “options” at the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on June 23.

UN agencies have warned that 2.1 million Gaza population is facing catastrophic levels of starvation after almost a quarterly Israeli blockade, which was relieved last week.

Israel and the US support a new system for distribution of assistance, managed by a controversial new group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

The GHF assistance system uses US security contractors and bypasses the UN, which rejected it as unethical and incapacitated. The US and Israeli governments said it did not allow the assistance to be stolen by Hamas, which the armed group denies.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated on Tuesday plans to move the entire Gaza population to a sterile zone to the southern part of the territory, while Israeli troops continue to fight Hamas elsewhere. He also swore to facilitate what he described as a “voluntary emigration” of a large part of the gas population in other countries – a plan that very much regarded as violent expulsion.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were hostage.

At least 54 084 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the health ministry in the territory.