{"id":24751,"date":"2024-03-21T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-issues-first-joint-demand-for-ceasefire-in-gaza\/21\/03\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:10:20","slug":"eu-issues-first-joint-demand-for-ceasefire-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-issues-first-joint-demand-for-ceasefire-in-gaza\/21\/03\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"EU issues first joint demand for ceasefire in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>EU leaders issued their first joint demand for a humanitarian ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza in joint summit statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement called for &#8220;an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire&#8221; and repeated condemnations of the Hamas attacks on October 7 against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the Hamas attacks, EU leaders managed in October to only call together for &#8220;humanitarian corridors and pauses&#8221; in Gaza to allow aid to reach Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland, Spain, and Belgium pushed for the ceasefire at the summit in Brussels. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed to the calls after previously opposing ceasefire in October, citing Israel&#8217;s right to defence against attacks from Hamas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 533px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/TtUUElC6ULvBG2jXrGIZZA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTE2MDA7aD0xMDY2\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/b729451ebb217db45c29bef38370d25f\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A general view during the the EU\u00a0summit in Brussels. -\/European Council\/dpa\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/J2GQuNphQdjSETdIx74WrA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/b729451ebb217db45c29bef38370d25f\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">A general view during the the EU summit in Brussels. -\/European Council\/dpa<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/eu-issues-first-joint-demand-211527902.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU leaders issued their first joint demand for a humanitarian ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza in joint summit<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/eu-issues-first-joint-demand-for-ceasefire-in-gaza\/21\/03\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}