GAZA, January 16 (WAFA)-  A delegation of 55 European Parliamentarians from 12 European Countries and the Euopean Union arrived, Friday, in the Gaza Strip to convey a message of solidarity with Gazans under the siege.

The delegation entered the Strip via Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt in coordination with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

In a press conference held at Rafah Crossing, British Member of Parliament Sir Gerald Kauffman said that their visit “is a message of solidarity with Gaza to end the Israeli siege.'

'Our suffering to arrive here is nothing compared with the longsuffering of Gaza Strip population due to the suffocating unfair Israeli siege imposed on them,' Kauffman added, insisting that 'anyone uses the white phosphoric against civilians must be taken to court for war crimes.'

Meanwhile, Arafat Madi, chief of the European Campaign to challenge the Israeli blockade said that the delegation 'has a common goal, which is expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.'

The delegation trip to Gaza is part of a series of actions carried out by the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) and the Palestinian Return Center in the UK and Europe. For an entire week, actions and events for Palestinian victims will be carried in remembrance of the victims killed in the past 60 years especially Gaza.