20 European Union (EU) diplomats arrived Wednesday morning in the besieged Gaza Strip to assess its humanitarian situation and receive relevant feedback.
Over the past years several EU delegations had visited the coastal Palestinian territory but Shadi Othman spokesman for the European Union office in Occupied Jerusalem said “this was the biggest European diplomatic delegation to visit Gaza.”
The delegation whose visit may continue for two days aims to see firsthand the developments in Gaza and to send a political message calling for necessarily lifting the inhumane blockade on Gaza and healing the national rift in the Palestinian arena in a way that would allow the Palestinian government to fully perform its duties in Gaza to the fullest.
The delegation is going to meet with different Palestinian officials national figures and citizens to listen to them about the latest developments and situation in the Gaza arena.
The diplomats intend to visit strawberry farms in Beit Lahia and as-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza and meet with farmers.
They will also visit the water desalination plant in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and the Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing with Israel before holding a news conference at the fishermen port in the west of Gaza City according to spokesman Othman.
