The most urgent thing is to evacuate the children who have no chance of surviving if they are not evacuated. We have asked Israel to allow the evacuation of these children, because both Spain and my country, Belgium, as well as France and Ireland, are willing to take them in. Beyond this, what's most important is a permanent ceasefire to be able to bring in humanitarian aid, as well as the release of the hostages.
Yes, it is not a definitive solution, but imagine that it is your daughter who needs that help. Palestine has applied to the EU civil protection mechanism for 9,000 patients. We are also in dialogue with Israel to relax restrictions. It has to be done, because 70% of the people who have died in Palestine are women and children, and that alone is a reason to stop the war immediately. We have to start working on reconstruction plans to provide medical help as soon as possible.
There are so many lessons, but maybe the big one is that countries have to learn to work on what they call dual track. It means we're liv
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