“Gaza paintings are unbearable,” said von der Leyen. “The inhabitants of Gaza have suffered for too long. It must end.”
“Killing civilians seeking help in the Gaza Strip is not to be defended”
– In 24 hours, 15 people died of hunger, including four children – said on Tuesday, July 22, the Ministry of Health in Gaza. According to local hospitals, a total of 101 people have died from the beginning of the war, including 80 children.
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From March, Israel has been blocking most of the humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip, and from May it Distribution is dealt with by the organization supported by the United States and Israel Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
According to estimates of the United Nations Agency for helping refugees in the Middle East (Unrwa), at least a thousand people have been killed since then, trying to get food from GHF and convoys with humanitarian aid. Israel questions the number of victims.
“Killing civilians seeking help in the Gaza Strip is not defended,” said the head of the EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas on Tuesday, pointing out that she talked to the Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar to “clearly indicate that [izraelskie siły zbrojne] They must stop killing people at the help distribution points. “
Palestinian children starve in the Gaza Strip, July 22, 2025.Ali Dyallah / Anadol via Getty Images / Getty Images
The statements of Kallas and von der Leyen appeared after foreign ministers from all over Europe and the countries of the Nations Community accused Israel of refusal to help civilians in the Gaza Strip in a joint statement issued on Monday. The statement was signed by twenty EU countries, Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
– Israel must take all necessary means to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip – He decided in January 2024. International Court of Justice (MTS).
