The European Union holds an emergency meeting on the situation of Israel and the Gaza Strip | Middle East

2023-10-09 16:07:51

High Representative of the European Union (EU) for foreign and security policy Josep Borrell. (Photo: AFP/TTXVN)

On October 9, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for security and foreign policy Josep Borrell said that the foreign ministers of this bloc’s member countries will hold an emergency meeting on October 10 on the situation. images in Israel and the Gaza Strip after the Islamist movement Hamas conducted a large-scale surprise attack.

In a post on social media, Mr. Borrell stated that he would convene an emergency meeting of EU Foreign Ministers to resolve the situation in Israel and in the region.

Mr. Borrell and several EU foreign ministers are currently in Oman to attend a long-planned conference with Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

Mr Borrell’s spokesman in Brussels, Peter Stano, said the EU meeting would be held in a hybrid format online and in person.

According to spokesman Stano, the EU’s executive body is considering how the Hamas attack could affect the EU’s current and future financial support for the Palestinians.

Accordingly, any adjustment in the EU’s position and response to what is still happening on the ground will come from the meeting on October 10 in the form of an agreed position by the EU.

The EU is one of the major financial support organizations for the Palestinian people, having expected to spend about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) from 2021 to 2024 on schools, hospitals and salaries and wages. many other fields.

The European Commission insists that no aid is being used to fund it Hamas or any other group of warriors.

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EU strongly condemned the unprecedented attack by Hamas forces that led to a series of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.

More than 800 people Israel were killed and at least 100 people kidnapped in the attack that left the Jewish state reeling and raised fears of a wider escalation in the region.

Meanwhile, according to officials PalestineIsrael’s retaliatory bombing campaign in Gaza left at least 570 Palestinians dead and 2,900 others injured./.

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