His feedback come after U.S. President Joe Biden stated final week that Israel’s response to Hamas within the Gaza Strip has been “excessive.” The dying toll from Israel’s retaliatory bombings after the October 7 assaults by Hamas has now surpassed 28,000 individuals, in accordance with Gaza’s well being authorities.
Borrell famous the U.S. had taken the same determination on arms provides to Israel in its 2006 battle with Lebanon “as a result of Israel did not wish to cease the battle; precisely the identical factor that occurs in the present day.”
A sequence of Israeli strikes hit Rafah in southern Gaza early Monday, killing dozens of individuals. Israel plans a floor assault within the metropolis, which borders on Egypt, and the place virtually 1.5 million Palestinians are crammed in search of security.
Western leaders have decried Israel’s invasion plan, however Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “doesn’t hearken to anybody,” Borrell stated. “The place are they going to evacuate [Palestinians]?” he requested. “To the moon?”
UN company
The EU ministers voiced assist for the United Nations company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which has not too long ago taken hearth amid Israeli allegations that members of its employees abetted the October 7 Hamas assaults.
“Many member states said there isn’t any different for Gaza and that we should stop funding gaps,” stated Belgium’s Minister of Improvement Cooperation Caroline Gennez.