EU eyes call for ‘humanitarian corridors and pauses’ in Gaza

European Union leaders are debating "pauses" in Israel's war with Hamas to provide aid to Gaza while addressing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The European Union has struggled for both unity and influence in the face of the crisis that has engulfed the Middle East since Hamas launched its attack on Israel on October 7. There has been strong condemnation of the Hamas attack that Israel says killed at least 1 400 people and resulted in more than 200 being taken hostage.But there has been less consensus on urging any halt to Israel’s retaliatory bombardment of Gaza, which the Hamas-run health ministry says has killed over 7 000 people.

That statement — which could still change when leaders meet in Brussels — falls short of demands from the United Nations for a “ceasefire”. “We can feel that some in the world are using the circumstances to try to rally a part of the international community to attack the European Union,” Michel said.The eruption of violence in the Middle East has sparked fears the West could get distracted from Russia’s war on Ukraine 20 months into the invasion.

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