EU draft statement falls short of calls for ceasefire after ‘difficult discussions’; Biden says: ‘When this crisis is over, there has to be a vision of what comes next’
Israel and Hamas at war: what we know on day 20
The EU is expected to unanimously back a call for “humanitarian pauses” of the shelling in Gaza to allow food, water and medical supplies to reach Palestinians on multiple occasions.
But the unity came after what one diplomat described as “difficult discussions” between member states who have spent days arguing over what terminology to use in relation to Israel’s right to defend itself.