The EU judges the situation in Gaza, “alarmed” Switzerland “

While Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to “conquer” the Gaza Strip, the European Union and Switzerland are concerned about the situation in the Palestinian enclave. The UN accuses Israel of using humanitarian aid as a “weapon” of war.

The head of European Union diplomacy Kaja Kallas on Tuesday deemed the situation in Gaza on Tuesday. This at a time when a Minister of the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the Palestinian territory would be “completely destroyed”.

In the aftermath of the announcement by Israel of a plan of “conquest” of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas estimated that negotiations for a truce with Israel had no interest.

The Israeli army reprisal offensive has devastated the Gaza Strip, made tens of thousands of deaths and caused a humanitarian disaster. Israel, which besieges the 2.4 million inhabitants in Gaza, prohibited since March 2 the entry of all humanitarian aid in the enclave.

“Humanitarian aid must resume immediately and should never be politicized,” said Kallas on X, by reporting a telephone interview with the Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Saar.

The latter earlier accused Hamas “to use humanitarian aid entering Gaza to feed his war machine”.

Alarmed Switzerland

The UN, for its part, accused Israel of using humanitarian aid as a “weapon” of war, by sending “bombs” rather than water and food to the Palestinian population.

Switzerland says it is alarmed by the latest developments concerning Gaza, said the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE) on X. International humanitarian law prohibits the annexation of occupied territories and the displacement of the population, writes the DFAE, which adds that humanitarian aid must be able to reach the civilian population.

He recalls that Switzerland demands the “total respect” of international law, the immediate return to a ceasefire and the release of all hostages.

“Conquest” of the Gaza Strip

On Monday, the Israeli government announced a new military campaign which provides for the “conquest” of the Gaza Strip and a massive displacement of its population within the territory.

“Gaza will be completely destroyed,” the Israeli far-right finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday, questioned about his post-war vision in Gaza.

After being moved to the south, the Gazan population will begin to “go in large numbers to third countries,” he said during a conference in the Israeli colony of Ofra, in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.

Any attempt by Israel to annex territories to Gaza would be “unacceptable”, warned London.

The Israeli army resumed its offensive on Gaza on March 18, ending two months of truce with Hamas. (ATS)

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