The European Union has been coordinating with the United States and other countries to provide support to the Gaza Strip. The EU has expressed its intention to begin transporting aid supplies by sea as early as this weekend.
The US side says it will take several weeks to begin importing the goods, so the focus is on whether they can be delivered quickly. Negotiations for a cessation of fighting between Israel and Hamas have been temporarily suspended, with local health authorities announcing that 30,878 people have died so far.