European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Egypt and Jordan, her spokesman said Wednesday, amid fighting between Israel and Hamas that has raged for more than five weeks.
The EU chief will on Saturday meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before travelling to Sinai, near the border with Israel, for the arrival of an EU humanitarian convoy, Eric Mamer said.
She will then meet King Abdullah II in Jordan, he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, AFP reported.
In Gaza, more than 11,500 people, also mostly civilians, have been killed in the ensuing aerial bombardment and ground offensive, health officials in the Hamas-run territory have said.
In a speech to EU diplomats at the beginning of November, von der Leyen said the 27-member bloc -- the biggest donor to the Palestinian territories -- would increase its humanitarian aid for Gaza by 25 million euros ($27 million).
