Top diplomat Borrell invites Israeli and Palestinian foreign ministers to emergency EU meeting
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell invited the foreign ministers of Israel and Palestine, Eli Cohen and Riyad al-Maliki, to an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers on Oct. 10.
EU’s top diplomat convened the meeting for the afternoon of Oct. 10.
Palestine’s Al-Maliki should speak at the meeting and present the position of the Palestinian Authority, Borrell said.
Earlier, the European diplomat announced that the EU would hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers because of the attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel.
War in Israel — What is known
Large-scale hostilities in Israel began on Oct. 7. From the early morning, Hamas targeted the country with thousands of rockets and missiles. Armed Palestinian militants then invaded southern Israel, killing people and taking hostages.
As a result, nearly 1,000 people have lost their lives in Israel. Over 100 are thought to have been taken hostage by Palestinian militants, and video evidence shows some of the hostages have since been murdered.
It was revealed on Oct. 8 that Palestinian militants on Oct. 7 may have killed approximately 260 people at an electronic music festival near the Kibbutz Re’im, 30 kilometers from the Gaza Strip. Efforts are currently underway to identify the bodies of the murdered festivalgoers.
In response to the Hamas attack, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Swords of Iron, striking the Gaza Strip. During the night of Oct. 8, Israel announced the restoration of control over the majority of the populated areas that had been penetrated by Palestinian militants.
Israel’s Cabinet declared a state of war for the first time since 1973, and the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned that the war would be long and challenging.
On Oct. 9, the Israeli military managed to regain control of all the towns on the border with the Gaza Strip, but Hamas militants may still be there. The Israeli army launched an offensive.
Later, on Oct. 9, the Israeli Defense Forces announced that they were completing the clearing of the south of the country of Hamas units.
So far, two Ukrainian women have been reported dead. Reports that three more Ukrainian citizens have been killed in the Gaza Strip are being verified.
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