EU’s belated confession: Situation in Gaza ‘apocalyptic’, destruction greater than World War II Germany

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has sounded a serious alarm about the extent of destruction caused across the besieged Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on the territory.

The situation in Gaza is “catastrophic, apocalyptic,” Josep Borrell said in Brussels on Monday after chairing a meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers.

“The destruction of buildings in Gaza…is more or less or even greater than the destruction suffered by the German cities during the Second World War,” he noted, adding, “85 percent of the population is internally displaced.”

Israel launched its devastating military aggression against Gaza on October 7 following an operation staged by the territory’s resistance groups, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa Storm.

Independent experts estimate that as much as 40 percent of housing units in Gaza has been either damaged or totally destroyed.

According to the United Nations, as many as 1.8 million people have been internally displaced in Gaza, many living in overcrowded UN shelters in the coastal territory’s south.