The announcement by European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen comes a day after President Biden said the US would build a temporary port in Gaza.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist Group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Mar 8, 2024. CAIRO: The head of the European Commission said on Friday that a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.
"We are now very close to opening this corridor, hopefully this Saturday-Sunday and I'm very glad to see an initial pilot will be launched today." Smoke rises after an explosion in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, on Mar 7, 2024.
"From a humanitarian perspective, from an international perspective, from a human rights perspective, it is absurd in a dark, cynical way," he said. Separately, Palestinian health officials said eight people from one family had been killed in an Israeli air strike on their house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
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