EU foreign ministers will on Tuesday hold
urgent talks on the situation in Israel and Gaza after Hamas militants
launched a surprise assault, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
said.
“I am convening tomorrow an emergency meeting of EU Foreign Ministers to
address the situation in Israel and in the region,” Borrell wrote in a social
media post Monday.
Borrell and a number of EU foreign ministers are currently in Oman for long-
planned talks with Gulf states from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
A spokesman in Brussels said the EU talks would be held in a hybrid video and
in-person format to allow those foreign ministers not in Muscat to
participate.
The EU has strongly condemned the unprecedented attack by the Islamist
militants that has sparked a barrage of strikes by Israel on Gaza.
More than 700 Israelis have been killed and at least 100 kidnapped in the
assault that has left the country reeling and sparked fears of a broader
escalation in the region.
The reprisal bombing campaign by Israel in Gaza has killed 493 people,
according to Palestinian officials.
