00:01European Union representatives on Tuesday called on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
00:07The foreign ministers from the 27 EU member states met in Brussels to discuss a new aid deal reached last week with Israel.
00:14The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaya Kala, said the blog expected updates from Israel on the implementation of the deal.
00:21Anything that will allow food staff, medicine, fuel to enter Gaza will be welcome from us.
00:31But I want to know better the details about exactly what this agreement is about and also the mechanism of follow-up
00:38that the European Union will have to make sure that we will be able to check the implementation.
00:45It's very clear that this agreement is not the end. We have to stop the war.
00:50Details of the deal remain unclear, but EU officials have rejected any cooperation
00:55with the Israeli-backed Gaza humanitarian fund over ethical and safety concerns.
01:00We have some progress. We have some positive developments.
01:05It's true that we have trucks that are able to enter, but we don't know exactly how many.
01:12And what is clear is that the agreement is not fully implemented.
01:18And so my request, my message to the authority, Israeli authorities, is very clear.
01:26Put this agreement into action now. Stop killing the people.
01:32We need humanitarian aid, food, water, fuel to reach the people in need.
01:39A United Nations assessment in May found that the 2.3 million people living in Gaza are at critical risk of famine.
01:46European nations like Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain have increasingly called for the EU's ties with Israel
01:52to be reassessed in the wake of the war in Gaza.
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