An official from the European Commission will be arriving in Israel in the coming days to set up coordination of EU humanitarian aid with the Israeli authorities.
Simon Horner a spokesman for the Commission’s humanitarian aid department ECHO, told journalists Tel Aviv that the role of the liaison officer would be to facilitate smooth and continuous access of EU humanitarian aid to Gaza as well as to coordinate the EU’s relief efforts between the Commission and the various EU Member States. The Presidency of the EU has repeatedly expressed its deep concern for the increasing number of civilian casualties and the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza.
For more information on EU humanitarian aid to Gaza, go to: http://www.delisr.ec.europa.eu/english/whatsnew.asp?id=1064
