NNA – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday suggested a plan under which Israel could suspend its military operation in Gaza in return for the Red Cross getting access to hostages held by Hamas.
quot;I think that a humanitarian pause counterbalanced by an access to hostages with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as a first step to their release is an initiative in which we should work,quot; Borrell told European Union diplomats in Brussels.
The EU, United States and Britain have been pushing for quot;humanitarian pausesquot; in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza to ensured people in the besieged territory get help.
But Israel#39;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out any temporary truces until all hostages seized in Hamas#39;s October 7 attack are released.
quot;Call it a truce, window, whatever, but we need that violence recedes and that international humanitarian law is being respected,quot; Borrell said.–AFP
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