For Borrell, Gaza became the “largest open-air cemetery”

The Gaza Strip has been transformed into the largest open-air cemetery, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said this Monday before a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers.

“Before the war, Gaza was the largest open-air prison. Now it is the largest open-air cemetery,” said the Spanish diplomat.

“It is a cemetery.”for tens of thousands of people, but also for many of the most important principles of humanitarian law. This is the sad situation in Gaza“Borrell added.

Shortly before, in a forum on humanitarian aid, Borrell had said that “We are no longer on the brink of famine. “We are facing a famine that affects thousands of people.”

In his vision, it turns out “unacceptable“let the famine be”used as a weapon of war” and prevent the entry of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid.

The EU foreign ministers, meeting this Monday in Brussels, are due to discuss the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza this Monday.

As part of the agenda, a proposal is included that has the support of Ireland and Spain and that calls for the suspension of the EU-Israel cooperation agreement, an initiative that will hardly achieve the unanimous vote of the bloc’s countries.

The EU, meanwhile, is preparing a package of sanctions that will include violent Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in the West Bank region. The United States and the United Kingdom have already adopted sanctions on those settlers “extremists”.

The EU sanctions package would also affect Hamas for sexual violence during the attacks on Israeli territory that occurred on October 7.