EC Midday press briefing of 09/11/2026
9 November 2026
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European Commission
Follow its sittings00:00 - 00:49
Speaker 7
Thank you, Paula. This is Şerife Çetin from Anadolu Agency. I have a question on Gaza. You may have also seen yourself the harshening winter conditions in Gaza, and the United Nations has warned that families and children are facing devastating conditions in makeshift tents and also with little protection. It urgently called for restrictions to aid to be lifted.
The Israeli government responded to such demands so much mockingly, saying that it doesn't control weather conditions, but it's well documented that Tel Aviv is continuing to restrict aid and actually reconstruction attempts in the Gaza Strip. So, in that sense, I'd like to know what the EU's call is to the Israeli government regarding the evolving situation in Gaza. Thank you.
00:49 - 01:06
Speaker 4
Eva will provide us with an update of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which is indeed alarming, now also with the floods hitting the people there. Eva.
01:06 - 01:41
Speaker 5
Good afternoon. Thank you for the question. Yeah, we are aware of the situation in Gaza, and obviously if you live in the tent and the tent is full of water, the situation gets much more worse. We were already saying here many times that we use every opportunity and every level to stress to the Israeli government that we need full access to Gaza for humanitarian aid. The situation is not like that.
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