Brussels: European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas stressed on Tuesday that humanitarian aid should reach the Gaza Strip urgently given the extremely grave situation there.

According to Qatar News Agency, in press remarks ahead of the meeting of the EU's Foreign Affairs Council for Defence, Kallas said: "Israel's decision to let some of the aid in is a drop in the ocean," adding that thousands of trucks are waiting behind the borders and must reach the people of Gaza because the situation there is extremely serious.

Amid the suffocating blockade on the Strip and following a Dutch proposal, the EU's Foreign Affairs Council discussed conducting the review of article two of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which stipulates that respect for human rights is an essential element of the agreement.