JAKARTA – Head of EU Foreign Policy (EU) Kaja Kallas said on Monday, there were some good signs regarding more trucks and aid supplies arriving in Gaza, but it wanted to see more improvements in the field.

Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, said ahead of a meeting with senior officials from the Middle East and the European Union in Brussels, Belgium.

“We see some good signs regarding more trucks coming, more supplies to the Gaza people, but of course we know that this is not enough, and we need to encourage more implementation of what we have agreed to also happen in the field,” Kallas told reporters. , reported Reuters July 15.

Earlier, the European Union reached an agreement with Israel last week to improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, including adding aid trucks and opening crossing points and certain relief routes.

“This agreement means more crossings are opened, aid and food trucks enter Gaza, improvement of vital infrastructure, and protection for aid workers. We rely on Israel to implement every agreed step,” Kallas said in a Thursday announcement last week.

The measures will take in the coming days, ensuring that aid is delivered directly to local residents and no assistance has been diverted to the Hamas militant group, Commission spokesman Anouar El Anouni said at a news conference.

The steps agreed by Israel and the European Union include an increase in the number of daily trucks for food, fuel, and other items entering Gaza, opening several other crossing points in the northern and southern regions, reopening Jordanian and Egyptian aid routes, as well as distribution of food supplies through bakeries and public kitchens throughout the Gaza Strip.

Israel blocked all food deliveries by international aid agencies to Gaza for 11 weeks on the grounds that the food was confiscated and sold by Hamas militants as the Palestinian enclave continued.

After loosening its blockade on the enclave, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GFH) a aid organization backed by Israel and the United States began operations at the end of May. The GHF received criticism and opposition from humanitarian agencies and the United Nations.

The European Union said GFH was “not part of the new deal.

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