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French foreign minister Catherine Colonna meets with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen upon her arrival in Tel Aviv where she is due to press for an "immediate and durable" truce in the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, visit the Kibbutz of Kfar Aza, near the Gaza Strip, which was attacked by Hamas on 7 October. The visit is led by representatives of the National Rescue Unit. IMAGES
European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell gives a press conference in Capri, Italy, ahead of the Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting in which he says that the Western countries "have to take quicker decisions in order to support Ukraine more because we cannot afford Putin's victory in Ukraine." SOUNDBITE
European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell gives a press conference in Capri, Italy ahead of the Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting in which he warns that 'We are on the edge of a war with the Middle East which will be sending shock waves to the rest of the world and in particular to Europe." SOUNDBITE
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, as efforts intensify to secure a truce in Gaza after months of war that have devastated the Palestinian territory and pushed hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine. IMAGES
The United States condemns "incendiary" comments by far-right Israeli ministers during a rally calling for the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. "Irresponsible, reckless, incendiary, I go so far as to say," White House spokesman John Kirby says of the comments. SOUNDBITE