Luxembourg 24.06.2024 The EU top diplomat Josep Borrell asked to pay attention to the Joint Statement issued yesterday with the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Janez] Lenarčič: “It was a cry of alarm. I think [that] everything that can be said, is said in this statement, where we say that the delivery of humanitarian assistance inside Gaza has become impossible”.

“And despite all the tactical pauses announced, the situation is that no help is entering into Gaza. The help is stockpiling out of the border, some of these goods are perishing, they will be destroyed, not used, lost. But the important thing is not the financial value of the things that will be lost, but the fact that they cannot come into [Gaza]. And if they come into [Gaza], it is not possible to distribute them because the lack of any kind of organisation” the EU top diplomat continued.

“The social fabric – not the buildings – has been destroyed. The civil society is unravelling”.

However he considers the President of the United States, Joe Biden‘s Plan, supporting it, and Borrell ensured that the EU would continue supporting it. Certainly, it was not being implemented, by lack of will from both sides, he said. The last declaration from Prime Minister of Israel, Benyamin Netanyahu confirms that, and “unhappily”, this plan is not going to be implemented.

However the EU will continue supporting the similar kind of initiatives. Borrell also underscored that Gaza was desperately in need of a ceasefire that could allow humanitarian help delivery, otherwise, the tragedy will be incommensurable, he added.

“…It is already inconceivable. This weekend has been one of the bloodiest days – more than 100 Palestinians being killed by attacks that included distribution centres of UNRWA and other UN organisations” Borrell said. Further he pointed out that in the report from the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations Volker Türk the violations of human rights were committed by both sides, but the consequences were inconceivable for the civilian people in Gaza.

The risk of this war affecting the South of Lebanon and spilling, and increasing every day, causing concerns of the EU diplomacy. Borrell added that he hoped that the ministers would support the initiative and continue reaching out to the partners in order to continue to look for a strong international support for a ceasefire.