BRUSSELS — Europe’s top diplomats are assessing a new deal with Israel to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s foreign policy chief.

The European Union is seeking updates from Israel on implementation of a new deal to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to Kaja Kallas, the bloc's foreign policy chief. Foreign ministers from the EU's 27-member nations are meeting Tuesday in Brussels in the wake of a new aid deal for Gaza largely forged by Kallas and

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Tuesday that Israel needs to take more steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, as some European countries press for ways to verify the terms of an EU-Israel deal on aid deliveries.