EU calls for ‘surge’ in Gaza aid after four-day truce deal
The EU will work with its partners to ensure the four-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday leads to “a humanitarian surge in Gaza,” the bloc's humanitarian aid chief has said.
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00:03 We hope that the agreement on a pause of hostilities that
00:19 has just been reached will allow for a substantial surge
00:23 in humanitarian aid delivery into and within Gaza.
00:28 And we certainly hope that this will not be a one-off.
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00:34 There is an acute shortage across Gaza
00:49 of all the most basic necessities--
00:52 food, medicines, including anesthetics, water.
00:58 According to the United Nations, food assistance currently
01:02 covers only 10% of the minimum caloric intake.
01:07 The acute shortage of fuel in Gaza
01:10 remains a major constraint.
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