 The EU sent an eighth flight of humanitarian aid to Gaza on November 7, as Commissioner Yanis Lanarsik promised more support, but said access was key to it reaching the most vulnerable. The flight of mostly medical supplies from Belgium's Ostend Airport was loaded on Tuesday morning and was due to leave for Egypt, Lanarsik said. Questioned by journalists he said he was confident they would reach Gaza's civilian population without falling into the hands of Hamas Gaza services are close to breaking. But without fuel supplies, the UN humanitarian office said on Tuesday, Gaza's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday all bakeries in northern Gaza are out of service due to Israeli attacks and lack of fuel. This eight flights are the first batch, there will be further flights in the coming weeks and of course we'll continue this as long as necessary, there is emergency, humanitarian emergency in the Gaza Strip, there is shortage of everything, of water, of food, of medicines, medical equipment, of fuel and we need to use every tool available that we have in order to provide this necessary assistance. Everybody knows who supports Hamas and this is not the EU and the European Union assistance, be it humanitarian or development assistance has always reached its destination. When it is humanitarian assistance, we work with our humanitarian partners who are trusted partners who have strong safeguards in place in order to ensure that the assistance reaches the people who need it. There have been never any credible indications or proofs, let alone proofs, that European humanitarian aid has ended in the wrong hands.