Afrasianet - Former European Union foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell said "American mercenaries" had killed 550 Palestinians in Gaza in a month, accusing the Council of Europe and the European Commission of remaining silent about the events.
"In one month, 550 Palestinians suffering from hunger were killed by American mercenaries while trying to get food at distribution points designated by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation," he said in a post on his X account on Thursday.
Borrell called the act "appalling" and attached the accounts of the Council of Europe and the European Commission to the post, accusing them of unwillingness to act "against the crimes committed in Gaza."
Beyond the supervision of the United Nations and international organizations, Tel Aviv and Washington have since May 27 begun implementing a plan to distribute limited aid through the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, where starving Palestinians are forced to choose between starvation or Israeli army bullets.
This mechanism, which has become known as "death traps", left 652 martyrs and more than 4,537 injured, according to the latest update of the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.
It is noteworthy that the Spanish politician Borrell has adopted a different position and discourse from the European Union's management towards Israel since it began the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
Borrell has tried to unite EU member states to condemn Israel's violations of international law and call for a ceasefire, and has harshly criticized the European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen.
Borrell handed over his post to his successor, Kaya Callas, on December 1, 2024.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with US support, has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, including killing, starvation, destruction and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders by the International Court of Justice to stop it.
The genocide left more than 192,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced people and famine that claimed many lives, including dozens of children.