Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement Tuesday that Israel "stressed the importance of ensuring security for its citizens and preventing threats on its border" and of protecting the Druze minority in Syria, which also comprises a substantial minority in Israel. The European Union's foreign policy chief on Tuesday called on Israel to lift the restrictions to avert deaths from exposure, hunger and a lack of medicines, as thousands of displaced Palestinians return to what is left of their homes. "To deliver aid rapidly, safely and at the scale required, international NGOs must be able to operate in a sustained and predictable way," Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, said in a statement from the 27-nation bloc, referring to non-governmental organizations.
Author: Julia Frankel, Associated Press, Abby Sewell, Associated Press
Published at: 2026-01-06 22:58:37
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