Pressure is building in Europe for a ceasefire in and around the Gaza Strip – but not everyone agrees.
France and EU leaders have backed a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, setting up a clash with Britain and the US as ground troops ready themselves to invade Gaza.
“It is difficult to tell Israel to have a ceasefire when it is still facing rocket fire on an almost daily basis, and when its citizens are still being held hostage and it has suffered an appalling terrorist attack where it has a right to defend itself,” Sunak told MPs.Credit:US President Joe Biden has given his confirmed support to Israel, and the US confirmed on Monday evening that it was sending more weapons and additional troops to the region.
Meanwhile, Washington was said to be working with Qatar on a deal to release as many as 50 of the 222 hostages held by Hamas, according to a report byIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was delaying a full invasion because of concerns with securing the northern border with Lebanon, Israeli media reported on Monday. He was said to have clashed with Israel Defence Forces chiefs who are eager to start the incursion into Gaza.
One French citizen is known to be among those abducted and six other French nationals have been missing since the terror group’s surprise attack. With concerns growing over a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, EU leaders are set to back calls for a halt to the war at a European Council summit on Thursday. Borrell said: “I think a humanitarian pause is needed in order to allow humanitarian support to come in and be distributed.”
Her Austrian counterpart, Alexander Schallenberg, said: “Of course everyone would wish that the violence comes to an end. But Israel has the right to self-defence.”
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