The European Union calls on “all parties” to respect the Gaza ceasefire.
“We reiterate our call to all parties to continue to respect the ceasefire,” European Commission spokesman Anouar El Anouni says. “We urge all parties to fully commit to implementing all phases of the plan to end the conflict in Gaza and to refrain from any action that could jeopardize the agreement. There is no military solution to this conflict.”
Israel carried out intense airstrikes in Gaza overnight and this morning in response to an attack by terror operatives yesterday that killed a soldier, as well as Hamas’s failure to return 13 bodies of hostages still in Gaza, as stipulated by the ceasefire deal.
European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera, a critic of Israel, says in a social media post: “We need a chance for peace, not excuses for new strikes.”
Ribera, whose EU portfolio does not include foreign policy, is a former member of Spain’s socialist government — one of Europe’s most critical voices of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Last month, she broke ranks with the commission, calling the war against Hamas in Gaza a “genocide.”
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