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As the humanitarian situation continues to worsen in the Middle East, the Commission will provide €125 million in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in 2024.
The Commission continues to scale up humanitarian assistance to respond to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
Following the activation from Cyprus and Egypt, respectively for support concerning the arrival of refugees to Cyprus and to strengthen the Egyptian healthcare system in managing the influx of wounded Palestinians from Gaza, including some EU citizens.
A further 6 EU humanitarian air bridge flights are now scheduled for the coming days. Of these, 2 flights from Brindisi, Italy, are scheduled to depart today and tomorrow carrying 55 tonnes of items donated from the EU to the World Food Programme (WFP).
Today, 2 new EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flights for the people of Gaza took off from Ostend (Belgium) and Dubai (United Arab Emirates), transporting almost 115 tonnes of assistance supplies to al-Arish, Egypt, near the Rafah Border Crossing Point.
The new assistance will be provided to humanitarian organisations to deliver life-saving assistance, in particular focusing on water and sanitation, health, food and other essential items.
The EU welcomes the evacuation of a number of EU citizens and other foreign nationals, as well as injured persons via the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
A new EU aid flight has departed today from Copenhagen, carrying 51 tonnes of medicines, medical items, and education supplies on behalf of Unicef to Egypt for people in need in Gaza.
President Ursula von der Leyen spoke to the Secretary General of the UN António Guterres on 14 October, in the context of her on-going contacts with regional leaders.
Following the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas terrorists against Israel and the aftermath, which has led to a disastrous humanitarian situation for the people of Gaza, the EU continues to step up its emergency assistance to the Palestinian people.