BRUSSELS  Aid to Gaza must never be politicized, EU Commissioner for Equality and for Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib said Thursday. Speaking to reporters on her way into the EU foreign affairs ministers' meeting in Brussels, Lahbib stressed that although Israeli hostages have returned home, the humanitarian situation in Gaza "remains devastating," with winter approaching while Palestinians are "cold, wet, and hungry" after recent floods. She underlined that the EU has