Top diplomat slams EU for inaction against 'US mercenaries' killing starving Palestinians

Former Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell has decried the killing of “550 starving Palestinians” by “US mercenaries” at aid points operated by the US-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

In a statement on X on Thursday, the Spanish minister slammed the EU for remaining “unwilling to take any action against these crimes”.

In May, Borell, who served as the EU’s foreign policy chief from 2019 to 2024, made headlines for stating that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, describing the Israeli government’s actions as “the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the Second World War”.

Borell’s latest comments come amid growing international outrage over the controversial GHF aid distribution sites, which have been described as “death traps” by officials from the UN and Save the Children, among others. Over 600 Palestinians have been killed while queuing at GHF sites as of May, according to UN data.

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