The The European Union will enable a humanitarian air corridor with the Gaza Strip in the face of the Israel-Hamas war. The measure was announced this Monday by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenstating that Palestinians cannot “pay the price for Hamas’ barbarism.”
“The Palestinians in Loop need humanitarian aid”, which is why “we launched a humanitarian corridor through Egypt. The first two flights will depart this week and will take humanitarian materials to Gaza,” he said. Von der Leyen from Tirana, in Albania, where the European Union (EU) was holding a summit with the Western Balkans.
Several will be carried out flights to Egypt “to go vital supplies to humanitarian organizations on the ground in Gaza.
Humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip
The first two flights will take place this week, and will carry humanitarian cargo of UNICEF, medicines and hygiene kits,” stated a statement released at night, in which no details were given about the modalities of supply to Loop, a territory subjected to a total blockade since October 7.
A few hours before, the WHO warned that Loop, Besieged since the bloody attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas against Israel, it would face a “real catastrophe” within 24 hours if immediate help did not arrive.
Since October 7, a million desperate Palestinians have fled to the south of the Gaza Stripa small enclave controlled by Hamas and completely isolated from the world for ten days.
Hamas attack and Israeli bombings
“There can be no justification for Hamas’ terrorist act,” declared Von der Leyen“for the brutal massacre of 1,400 people in Israel. In the face of this horror, Israel has the right to defend itself in accordance with humanitarian and international law.”
“And at this very moment, the Palestinians of Loop They need humanitarian aid. “They cannot pay the price for Hamas’ barbarity,” he added.
The offensive of Hamas in Israel left more than 1,400 deadmost of them civilians, according to the army.
The bombings launched in retaliation against Loop they left at least 2,750 deadmost of them civilians and among them hundreds of children, according to local authorities.
Source: Ambito
