26 EU countries call for immediate humanitarian pause in Gaza

Tue, Feb 20, 2024
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TWENTY-six member states of the European Union (EU) called for an “immediate humanitarian pause that would lead to a sustainable ceasefire” in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers that all EU countries except Hungary warned Israel against launching an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

The EU countries said it would deepen the catastrophe of some 1.5 million refugees crammed into the city.

“An attack on Rafah would be absolutely catastrophic, it would be unconscionable,” Ireland’s Foreign Minister, Micheal Martin, said before the meeting.

Israel’s reported plans for an assault on the city have sounded international alarm bells, with many countries urging restraint or cancelation of the operation.  (Xinhua/NAN)

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-February 20, 2023 @ 13:02 GMT|

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