内容摘要：The intensity of their connection baffled their parents, but they came around.

The intensity of their connection baffled their parents, but they came around.

, which allows Ukrainian victims of war to catalog the financial harm they have suffered, is also based in the Netherlands.Backers are hopeful the institution will be up and running by early next year.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said Wednesday that the Netherlands is “drawing a line in the sand” over Israel’s actions in Gaza and is insisting on a review of a European Union pact governing trade ties with the country.Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 59 people on Wednesday, including women and children, hospital officials said, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas inWith Israel blocking any form of aid — including

– into Gaza for the past two months, aid groups have warned that Gaza’s civilian population is facing starvation.Veldkamp expressed concern that Israel’s blockade on food and aid entering Gaza continues, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to intensify the war and that some ministers have suggested that Israel should occupy the territory.

Speaking at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Warsaw, Veldkamp said that the Netherlands is “drawing a line in the sand because the situation in the Gaza Strip is dismal, a catastrophic humanitarian situation.”

Once a strong backer of Israel, the Netherlands has taken an increasingly tougher line in recent months.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined for the second straight day Tuesday to tell reporters whether Putin will travel to Istanbul and who else will represent Russia at the potential talks.

“As soon as the president considers it necessary, we will make an announcement,” Peskov said.Russia has said that it will send a delegation to Istanbul without preconditions.

Zelenskyy won’t be meeting with any Russian officials in Istanbul other than Putin, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy, said Tuesday on a YouTube show run by prominent Russian journalists in exile.Lower-level talks would amount to simply “dragging out” any peace process, Podolyak said.