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SvennoJ on 26 June 2025
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EU ‘deplores’ humanitarian situation in Gaza

During a meeting in Brussels, the EU said it “deplores the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, the unacceptable number of civilian casualties and the levels of starvation”.

“The European Council calls on Israel to fully lift its blockade on Gaza, to allow immediate, unimpeded access and sustained distribution of humanitarian assistance at scale into and throughout Gaza and to enable the UN and its agencies, and humanitarian organisations, to work independently and impartially to save lives and reduce suffering,” it said.

The bloc added it will discuss in July a report from its diplomatic service, which found there were indications Israel had breached its human rights obligations under the terms of a pact governing relations. That meeting could lead to possible EU sanctions on Israel.

It also called to “take work forward” on “extremist settlers” in the occupied West Bank, and the entities and organisations that support them.

Oh no, the EU switched from concerned to deplores, better watch out Netanyahu. Useless.


Most families in Gaza forced to survive on one meal a day: WFP

One-third of families in Gaza are going the entire day without eating as a result of Israel’s continued bombardment of the Palestinian enclave, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners.

In a statement, the WFP said families in Gaza are surviving on thin broths, lentils or rice, one piece of bread or sometimes just a combination of herbs and olive oil known locally as duqqa.

It said that due to the extreme shortages of food, Palestinians routinely risk their lives to get some food.

“The majority of casualties have been shot or shelled trying to reach US-Israeli distribution sites purposefully set up in militarised zones,” said Johnathan Whittall, head of office for the UN humanitarian affairs agency, OCHA, in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The UN said that since 27 May, 549 Palestinians have been killed and 4,066 injured while trying to access food.

Other services are being pushed to the brink. As a result of fuel shortages, only 40 percent of drinking water facilities are functional, and 93 percent of households face water insecurity, the statement said.


WHO makes first aid delivery to Gaza since March

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has delivered its first medical shipment into Gaza since March 2, adding that the nine truckloads were “a drop in the ocean”.

“Nine trucks carrying essential medical supplies, 2,000 units of blood, and 1,500 units of plasma” crossed into the Palestinian territory, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.

While calling for unimpeded access for aid deliveries, he stated that four WHO trucks are still at Gaza’s Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing and more are en route the besieged enclave.




Five Palestinians killed in so-called ‘safe zone’

WAFA news agency is reporting that five Palestinian civilians have been killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted a vehicle in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. According to the report, the attack also wounded several Palestinians.

Al-Mawasi has been designated as a so-called “safe zone” by the Israeli forces, but it has been routinely targeted throughout the war on Gaza.