Monday, February 19, 2024

26 EU states urge Gaza cease-fire, tell Israel to halt Rafah attacks

from Daily Sabah

All countries of the European Union, except for Hungary, called for an "immediate humanitarian pause" in Gaza, as Israel continues to carry out attacks, which killed almost 30,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

The bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said foreign ministers from 26 states had agreed on a statement calling for "an immediate humanitarian pause that would lead to a sustainable cease-fire."

The European Union has struggled for a united response to Israel's ruthless attacks on Gaza following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

The EU countries also reiterated their calls for Israel not to launch an assault on the Gaza city of Rafah, which has become the main shelter zone in the blockaded enclave, which is currently undergoing a humanitarian catastrophe without food, water, shelter and health services.

Borrell said it would be impossible to prevent civilian deaths in Rafah...

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  1. MARCH 10.
    https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/02/19/720393/Israel-Rafah-Ramadan-Gantz
    Israel’s Benny Gantz says the regime will launch the looming ground invasion of Rafah early March.

    The city in the south of the Gaza Strip is the last place of relative safety in the besieged Palestinian territory.

    The Israeli minister for military affairs, who is also a member of the regime’s three-person war cabinet, told a conference in occupied al-Quds on Sunday tha

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