According to EU, Israel accepts more help for Gaza Strip

According to the EU, Israel accepts better care for the needy civilian population in the sealed off Gaza Strip. A corresponding agreement was concluded. Among other things, it deals with a significant increase in the number of daily grocery deliveries and other relief supplies by truck. There was initially no confirmation from the Israeli government.

Specifically, more border crossings to the coastal area should open and the Jordan and Egyptian auxiliary routes can be used again. Bakeries and public kitchens in the Gaza Strip should be able to distribute food. It is also planned that fuel is again delivered to aid organizations. Helpers are to be protected and the repair and work of infrastructure such as the power supply and a water retirement system facilitated.

According to EU information, the measures should come into force in the coming days. It should also be ensured that no help is redirected to the Hamas.

EU countries had significantly increased its pressure on the Israeli government in recent weeks. The trigger was an internal report by the Federal Foreign Service, according to which Israel violates a close cooperation with the EU with his approach in the Gaza Strip. Member States such as Spain recently called for immediate consequences such as the suspension of the partnership agreement between the EU and Israel, which has been valid since 2000.

According to the UN and international aid organizations, the humanitarian location in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic. Organizations warn of a hunger atrophe in the competitive area. The need among the population is great. In the past, there have always been reports of looting from camps or trucks with relief goods.

Gaza Humanitrian Foundation (GHF) supported by Israel and the USA is currently responsible for the distribution of relief goods. This started in May after an almost three -month Israeli blockade of aid deliveries. This should represent an alternative to the use of the UN and aid organizations. Israel and the United States want to prevent Hamas from acquiring humanitarian aid goods.

The foundation is controversial, recently there were always fatal incidents near their centers. The Israeli authority of Cogat, which is responsible for Palestinian affairs, provides information on social media about the import of trucks with relief goods. Media recently reported an expansion of the aid deliveries for the northern Gaza Strip.

So far, trucks have arrived in the sealed coastal strip over the Kerem Schalom border crossing in the south. Cogat recently announced that trucks could also drive in the north of Zik in the north.

The trigger of the Gaza War, which has been going on for 21 months, was the attack by the terrorist organization Hamas and other Islamist organizations to Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were delayed to Gaza as hostages. Since then, according to the health authority controlled by the Hamas, more than 57,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. The number does not differentiate between civilians and fighters.

Meanwhile, the efforts to take a ceasefire in the Gaza war are in full swing. According to media reports, there are still need for clarification between Israel and Hamas. According to the Hamas, the provision of relief goods, the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip and “real guarantees for a permanent ceasefire” is even discussed.

The US government recently expressed its hope for a ceasefire until the end of this week-but President Donald Trump now believes that the next week is also possible.

Trump had met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington twice in the past few days and talked about Gaza. A report on the US news page “Axios” was about the partial withdrawal of the Israeli troops during the ceasefire, which causes inconsistencies.

The Hamas said that despite the current difficulties in the negotiations “due to the relenty” of Israel “, it was continued seriously and positively with the intermediaries in order to overcome the obstacles”. According to the “Times of Israel”, Israel’s head of government Netanyahu said that neither he nor US President Trump would agree to an agreement “at all costs”.