EU, together with 15 international partners, is stepping up support for Gaza [SOUND]

# The European Union has stepped up its international support for Palestinians through the launch of the “Team Gaza Initiative”. Spain, France, Denmark, the UK, Germany, Norway, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, the World Bank, and the European Investment Bank are taking part in the initiative. In total, the Israeli-Hamas war has killed at least 73-thousand Palestinians. The EU’s Guillaume Mercier says approximately 16.83-billion-rand has already been committed to help the people of Gaza meet their immediate needs: