EU: Israel should allow aid workers access to the Gaza Strip

Floods and cold EU calls for access for helpers in Gaza Strip As of: November 14, 2026 • 8:09 p.m

The EU calls on Israel to immediately allow aid workers into the Gaza Strip. There, heavy rain flooded the tents of tens of thousands of displaced people. The cold is also becoming increasingly dangerous.

The EU is calling on Israel to open the border crossings to the Gaza Strip to aid workers. Israel should grant humanitarian aid and rescue organizations “immediate” and “unhindered” access, said EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. The heavy rains and winter conditions in the coastal strip further deteriorated people's conditions and exacerbated an already "devastating" humanitarian crisis.

Persistent, heavy rain had flooded tens of thousands of displaced people's tents. According to Palestinian information, five people were killed. A nine-month-old infant also died of hypothermia. This was the first cold-related death this winter, said the health authority, which is controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas.

Heavy rain has flooded parts of the Gaza Strip. The risk of disease is growing. more

The Catholic relief organization missio Aachen said that around a million displaced people were in areas at risk of flooding, that many buildings and parts of their outer walls were destroyed and that the energy supply was limited. “The families urgently need protection from cold and rain, clean water, medicine and reliable supplies,” said President Pastor Dirk Bingener.

Despite the tense humanitarian situation, Israel continues to attack. Two Palestinians were killed in a drone strike in northern Gaza today, Shifa Hospital said. The Israeli army said it was Hamas fighters.

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