The European Union has indicated that “some decisions” by Israel to respond to the offensive launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) are against international humanitarian lawwhich is why he has asked to redouble aid to the area and that Israel not block food, water and electricity to the Strip, open humanitarian corridors and allow civilians to leave.

“Israel has the right to defend itselfbut you have to exercise it according to humanitarian law international law and some decisions go against international law,” said the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, in statements from Oman. There he coordinated an emergency meeting by videoconference to discuss the crisis in the Middle East.

Although Borrell has not hesitated to call Hamas’ terrorist actions a “barbaric attack”, he has insisted that any defense exercised by Israel must follow humanitarian law and “in some cases this is not the case.”

And this fits within the orders that the Israeli Minister of Defense gave this Monday, demanding the “complete siege” on the Strip of Gaza so that the territory controlled by Hamas does not receive electricity, fuel or food.

In this sense, Borrell has called for increasing humanitarian aid “to the victims of the tragedy” and has insisted on the EU’s position of demanding that Hamas release the people taken hostage, denouncing the attacks on civilians and asking respect for humanitarian law.

“This means not blocking access to water, electricity and food to the civilian population in Gaza,” specified the former Spanish minister, alluding to Israeli actions, to immediately emphasize that the authorities must also allow the departure of civilians from the Gaza Strip. enclave and launch corridors so that humanitarian actors can operate.

The Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, and his Palestinian counterpart, Riad al Maliki, were invited to the emergency meeting, although they did not ultimately participate. “Unfortunately it could not materialize,” Borrell said without going into more details. From the Israeli minister’s office they had already announced that this is not a time “for balance or theoretical discussions” and assured that the focus is “the decisive and intransigent war against Palestinian terrorism.”