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A group of 25 countries has signed a statement demanding an urgent end to Israel’s assault in Gaza — but that only threatened to take “further action,” after a previous threat for further action against Israel by the European Union landed flat last week.

The statement, released Monday, says that Israel’s aid blockade and violence against civilians has “reached new depths” and “must end now.” It was signed by the foreign ministers of numerous EU countries, including Ireland, the U.K., France, and Spain, as well as other major wealthy countries like Australia, Canada and Japan. It was also signed by the EU commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management.

The group specifically criticizes Israel’s plan to create a concentration camp for Palestinians in Gaza, as well as plans to revive an Israeli proposal to split the occupied West Bank in two, known as the E1 plan. The E1 proposal has been touted by Israeli ministers as the way to “effectively kill the Palestinian state,” and rights advocates

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