Brussels – In an open letter addressed to the leaders of EU member states and heads of EU institutions, Doctors Without Borders has urged them to pressure Israel into allowing critical humanitarian aid access for Palestinians in Gaza.
This topic is set to be discussed at a ministerial meeting of the Twenty-Seven next Monday.
The letter asserts that the ongoing blockade is “not a legitimate security measure, but a war crime.”
The humanitarian organization also emphasized the need to enhance medical evacuations, estimating that “approximately 13,000 individuals, including over 4,500 children, still urgently require assistance.”
“Though the European Union and several of its leaders have recently chosen to reprimand Israel, such statements lack substance as they fail to implement the necessary measures to halt the violence,” the letter states.
MSF criticizes unnamed European countries for “hypocritically supplying Israel with weapons that kill, burn, or permanently disable individuals arriving at our hospitals. This must cease.” (June 16, 2025)
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