Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, affirmed full solidarity with the Palestinian people amid the Israeli war in Gaza.
“What is happening in Gaza is the consequence of a political and moral failure of the international community, which has not done everything it should have done, 30 years after the Oslo agreements, 30 years!, to make the two-state solution a reality.”
Borrell underlined that the occupied territories are four times bigger than 30 years ago and the Palestinian territory has been divided into an archipelago of unconnected areas, which certainly makes it much more difficult to implement the two-state solution.
In the same vein, the EU official backed the installation of an interim Palestinian authority in Gaza, under terms of reference and legitimacy defined by a unanimous and unambiguous resolution of the Security Council and guaranteed by it.
“We can think of a renewable solution that encourages the two sides to reach an agreement, first for Gaza but then also for the West Bank,” he noted.
“And yes to greater involvement of the EU in the region. In particular, on how to build a Palestinian state and not only on how to rebuild Gaza, which we have done several times, but on how to build a peaceful Palestinian state, capable of restoring the dignity of the Palestinians and of making peace with Israel.”
Mohammed Abu Suleima, the director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, revealed in an interview with Sky News Arabia the death of all patients in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
This catastrophic situation is attributed to the Israeli blockade on the medical complex.
Abu Suleima disclosed that over 54 individuals in the intensive care unit have passed away since the inception of the Israeli siege.
The hospital, now engulfed in a state of crisis, is severely lacking essential supplies like medicine, water, and oxygen due to the week-long blockade imposed on the medical facility.
