DaysofPal – Former European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has issued a scathing condemnation of the massacre of starving Palestinians in Gaza by “American mercenaries,” accusing top European institutions of complicity through silence.
“In one month, 550 starving Palestinians were killed by American mercenaries while trying to get food at distribution points set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” Borrell wrote in a Thursday post on Instagram. The foundation is backed by the United States and Israel.
Calling the killings “appalling,” Borrell tagged the official accounts of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, accusing them of turning a blind eye to ongoing atrocities in the besieged territory. “You remain silent in the face of the crimes being committed in Gaza,” he charged.
Since May 27, Tel Aviv and Washington have coordinated the delivery of limited aid into Gaza through the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” a controversial mechanism that operates outside the supervision of the United Nations or international humanitarian agencies.
Palestinians, many on the brink of starvation, are reportedly forced to risk death in order to obtain basic food supplies.
Described by local officials as “death traps,” these aid points have resulted in the deaths of 652 people and injured more than 4,537 others, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health’s latest update on Thursday.
Borrell, a Spanish diplomat and one of the EU’s most senior former foreign affairs figures, has repeatedly broken with the official line of the European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen.
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, Borrell has sought to forge a unified European stance condemning Israel’s violations of international law and calling for an immediate ceasefire.
International condemnation of the so-called “death traps” continues to mount. Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, denounced the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” as a system “designed to be a death trap,” calling it “the most sadistic.”
Amnesty International echoed these concerns, describing the mechanism as a deadly military aid system based on firsthand accounts from Gaza residents. U.S. contractors protecting aid distribution centers have used stun grenades and live ammunition against starving Palestinians attempting to reach food, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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