EU Will Verify Implementation of Humanitarian Aid Distribution in Gaza
Palestinians try to get sacks of flour from an aid truck near a food distribution point in Zikim, north of the Gaza Strip, this Sunday. Photo: EFE/MOHAMMED SABER
July 27, 2025 Hour: 5:43 pm
The European Union will verify whether Israel is respecting the terms of the agreement on the arrival of humanitarian aid to Gaza, following the announcement made this Sunday by the Israeli government that 28 packages of this type of aid were dropped into the Strip today.
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“We welcome the announcement of the humanitarian truce, but we await implementation to verify whether the terms are being respected,” Anouar El Anouni, spokesperson for Foreign Affairs of the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS).
On 10 July, the EU and Israel reached an agreement that commits Tel Aviv to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip after weeks of blockade. The European Commission is required to report to member countries on the situation every two weeks, although specific details of the agreement are limited.
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, presented a menu of ten possible measures against Tel Aviv to the foreign ministers of the Twenty-Seven on July 15, due to its obstruction of humanitarian aid. These measures ranged from sanctions on Israeli ministers to an arms embargo.
This possible round of punishments is part of the review of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel, which includes both trade and political relations, after the EU External Action Service found “indications” that Tel Aviv was violating human rights in the Gaza Strip.
Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, strongly condemned the killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza by Israel during the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Von der Leyen stressed that civilians should never be targeted and called for a free and safe flow of aid, as well as respect for international law. Kallas described the killing of civilians as “indefensible”. Both European leaders urged Israel to keep its promises and end the suffering of civilians in Gaza.
“The killing of civilians seeking help in Gaza is indefensible. I spoke again with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar to recall our agreement on the flow of (humanitarian) aid and made it clear that the Israeli army must stop killing people at distribution points,” the policy wrote on social media.
Source: EFE
