Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki leaves as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, speaking in The Hague on Thursday, emphasized that for urgently required humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, Israel must commit to a comprehensive ceasefire.
EU leaders are poised to call on Thursday for pauses in bombardments into and out of Gaza to enable access for aid, but al-Maliki said this proposal was unacceptable, as it would not ensure aid could come in and water and electricity supplies be reinstated.
