Dutch PM Mark Rutte says leaders will also be urging Israel to refrain from a Rafah ground invasion
The EU’s high representative for foreign affairs Josep Borrell said he was “happy” that EU member states were being asked to adopt a declaration on Israel that went radically beyond the conclusions in October when they agreed to call for humanitarian pauses in the conflict in the Middle East.
The eight paragraph draft text says leaders are “appalled by the unprecedented loss of civilian lives”, condemns Hamas in the “strongest possible terms for its brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks” and supports Israel’s right to defend itself. But paragraph 22 includes significantly hardened language.
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