“More help and food trucks.” The European Union reached an agreement with Israel to extend humanitarian aid to Gaza, the European diplomacy of Kaja Kallas Kaja was announced on Thursday, July 10. “This agreement means that more cross points will be open, that more aid and food trucks will enter the Gaza Strip,” Kaja Kallas said in X.
“We have Israel to implement all agreed measures,” he added, adding that they would enter into force “in the next few days.”
The agreement also means that “vital infrastructure will be repaired and that humanitarian workers will be protected,” Kaja Kallas said. Specifically, the agreement establishes a “substantial increase in the number of trucks that transport daily foods and non -food products that enter Gaza”, as well as the opening of “new crossing points” to the north and south of the Gaza Strip, according to a press release made by Kaja Kallas.
The reopening of the jordan and Egyptian aid roads and the “possibility of distributing food products through bakeries and public kitchens throughout the gaza strip,” according to this text. Fuel deliveries for the benefit of humanitarian organizations will also be included, “up to an operational level.”
“Continue discussions”
Kaja Kallas had to present in the next few days at the 27th of the EU a list of possible measures that will be taken after the decision to review the association agreement that links Israel to Europeans.
A European Commission report, presented at the end of June to European Foreign Ministers, believes that Israel violated article 2 of this agreement in terms of respect for human rights. Some European countries, of which Spain demand a suspension of this association agreement, at least in part, but several others oppose.
European leaders, gathered at the end of June at the top, had asked their ministers to “continue the discussions for monitoring”, but “taking into account the evolution of the situation in the field.”
The agreement concluded with Israel on humanitarian aid, and announced Thursday by Kaja Kallas, should allow the European countries closest to Israel, to repel any discussion about possible sanctions.
The EU foreign ministers are on Tuesday in Brussels. The previous day, a meeting is also planned with the countries of the “South neighborhood” of the EU, including Israel.
Source: BFM TV
