European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell joined calls on Monday for a pause in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas to let more aid supplies into Gaza.
"Now the most important thing is for humanitarian support to go into Gaza," Borrell told reporters as he arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.
Borrell said the ministers would discuss the call from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a pause to allow much more humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians to enter Gaza.
"I cannot anticipate the result of the meeting but it is certainly something which the ministers will have to discuss ... The Secretary-General of the United Nations asked for it very much," Borrell said.
"Personally, I think a humanitarian pause is needed in order to allow humanitarian support to come in and be distributed," he said.
