Middle East: EU, 140,000 forcibly displaced in Gaza, no more suffering

Brussels, 4 April (LaPresse) – ‘Reports from the southern part of Gaza are deeply alarming. More than 140,000 people have been forcibly displaced. Civilians are fleeing under fire. The suffering of the population of Gaza must come to an end'. This was stated by the EU Commissioner for Crisis Preparedness and Management, Hadja Lahbib, in a note. ‘Since the breakdown of the ceasefire, more than 300 children have been killed. The aid blockade imposed by Israel for a month threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The World Food Programme has announced that its significant stocks will soon be exhausted. The inhabitants of Gaza are trapped, with no safe way to escape the violence. They face unbearable levels of death, disease, destruction and hunger,' he adds.