Borrell: Israel's 24hr-Gaza ultimatum 'utterly unrealistic'
Over one million people cannot in reality leave Gaza City overnight in line with Israel's order, the EU's top diplomat has said.
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Over one million people cannot in reality leave Gaza City overnight in line with Israel's order, the EU's top diplomat has said.
Debacle has publicly undermined the EU on the international stage
The EU refrained from calling out possible Israeli war crimes for laying siege to the Gaza Strip, while ratcheting up its condemnation of Hamas, likening the group to Islamic State.
European Commission Spokesman Eric Mamer has explained why the European Union does not call Israel's actions regarding the blockade of the Gaza Strip a "war crime" or an "act of terror", while it said this about Russia's strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
An EU Commission spokesperson said at a Brussels briefing on Tuesday that earlier comments by a senior EU official were not endorsed by the top leadership of the 27-state bloc.