EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas (Photo: Reuters)

The package also includes sanctions on two Israeli ministers, as well as "violent” settlers and 10 senior members of Palestinian militant group Hamas.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said “the aim is not to punish Israel. The aim is to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.”

All EU member states agree that the conflict “needs to end.” However, the EC’s proposals have yet to secure enough support from EU member states to be adopted.