In order to provide support to the Gaza Strip, where fighting between Israel and the Islamic organization Hamas continues, the European Union (EU) has expressed its intention to begin transporting aid supplies by sea, which it has been coordinating with the United States and other countries, as early as this weekend.
On the other hand, 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, and fighting continues in the Gaza Strip for the eighth day, with local health authorities announcing that 30,878 people have died so far.
As the humanitarian situation worsens day by day, countries such as the United States and Jordan are dropping supplies from the air.
On the 8th, local authorities said that five people were killed when the dropped supplies hit residents, highlighting once again the difficulty of providing assistance.
Under these circumstances, European Union Commissioner von der Leyen has expressed her intention to begin transporting relief supplies by sea, which she has been coordinating with the United States and other countries, as early as this weekend.
However, a senior official at the US White House told reporters on the 7th that it would take several weeks for the actual delivery to begin, so the focus is on whether the deliveries can be made quickly.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military released the summary of its report on the 8th regarding the deaths of more than 100 residents in the Gaza Strip on the 29th of last month while waiting for trucks carrying aid supplies.
In the incident, the Israeli military claimed that approximately 12,000 people packed into the truck, causing a crowd accident, and that dozens of people approached, and after firing warning shots, fired accurately to eliminate the threat. and admitted to firing the shots.
The Palestinian Authority said on social media that it did not recognize the report, saying it would "wait for the countries that called for an independent international investigation to fulfill their responsibilities," calling for third-party verification.