Overview

• EU ministers pressed Israel in Brussels for detailed reports on the early July agreement to deliver 160 aid trucks daily and open eight new Gaza crossings.
• Partial openings of border crossings and limited power and water repairs have failed to ease Gaza’s dire humanitarian situation, EU officials report.
• Member states stalled on approving any of ten proposed punitive measures, including suspending the EU–Israel Association Agreement and imposing an arms embargo.
• A June European Commission review signaled potential Israeli violations of human rights obligations under the cooperation deal, driving enforcement discussions.
• Amnesty International and other rights groups have condemned the EU’s inaction and warned that postponing sanctions risks complicity in civilian harm.