The European Union urged Israel to allow immediate and unhindered access to Gaza after floods that affected tens of thousands of displaced persons and caused five deaths, including three children.
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14/11/2026
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A Today, the European Union (EU) called on Israel to give humanitarian aid and relief organisations “immediate” and “no obstacles” access to Gaza, following the torrential rains that have devastated the Palestinian territory.
Since the end of last week, these storms have caused the flood of tens of thousands of tents of displaced persons and have caused the death of five, including three children, according to Palestinian relief services.
“We urge Israel to allow immediate and unhindered access, as well as a sustainable distribution of humanitarian aid,” and to “reopen all points of passage” to the territory, European diplomacy leader Kaja Kallas said in a statement.
He insisted: “Israel must facilitate the work of the UN and its agencies, as well as humanitarian organisations, including NGOs [non-governmental organisations], and fulfil all their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”.
For the EU, “the serious floods and winter conditions that plague Gaza only make the living conditions of a population even worse”, accentuating a “devasting” humanitarian crisis.
In addition, “the recent air strike against Nasser hospital is deeply worrying,” Kaja Kallas added.
The Israeli attacks caused 11 deaths on Thursday in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian emergency services, six of them in this bombed hospital in Khan Younès in the south of the territory.
The Israeli army confirmed that it attacked this hospital, claiming that it aimed at “a senior in charge of Hamas and other members of the armed arm of the movement” Islamist, who accuses of using the hospital complex as a “command center”.