Top EU official expresses alarm at Israel’s attacks on Gaza

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Hadja Lahbib, the European commissioner for equality, says she is concerned by alarming reports of yet more Israeli attacks on health workers, ambulances and hospitals in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“These acts undermine the essential and heroic efforts of aid workers striving to save lives in the midst of hostilities. Humanitarian aid efforts must continue to help people in desperate need. International Humanitarian Law must be respected by all,” she said in a statement.

Al Jazeera noted that Lahbib’s comments came after Israeli forces bombed Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on Monday, killing at least two people, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society said nine of its staff were missing for a third consecutive day after deploying for a rescue mission in Rafah.

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