EU calls for 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza

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Lucia Schulten Brussels

EU leaders called for a pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. The declaration made at an EU summit in Brussels calls for the establishment of humanitarian corridors in Gaza. EU leaders had struggled to agree on the statement's precise wording.

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