Top EU diplomat calls for ‘pause of hostilities’ in Gaza

By AFP 28 October 2023, 5:51 pm

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Josep Borrell, high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, speaks to the press after attending the International Peace Summit in Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC), about 45 kilometers east of Cairo, on October 21, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

BRUSSELS — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell demands a “pause of hostilities” to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip after the intense overnight bombing of the coastal territory.

“Gaza is in complete blackout and isolation while heavy shelling continues,” Borrell says on social media. “Far too many civilians, including children, have been killed. This is against international humanitarian law,” he says, adding: “A pause of hostilities is urgently needed to enable humanitarian access.”