The European Union has condemned Hamas for using hospitals and civilians in them as shields, while at the same time urging Israel to show maximum restraint.
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00:00 The European Union is condemning Hamas for using hospitals and civilians in them as shields,
00:05 while at the same time urging Israel to show maximum restraint.
00:11 This is the double message of the 27 member states to both Hamas and Israel in view of
00:15 how the situation in Gaza`s hospitals is deteriorating.
00:21 We ask Israel to show maximum restraint in order to save civilian lives. We condemn the
00:30 use by Hamas of people at hospitals as shields, but also we express our concern for the dire
00:39 situation of the hospitals that are being heavily affected by the bombing.
00:45 Joseph Borre will go to the region to meet with leaders and discuss the situation. According
00:50 to Hamas, all hospitals in the north of Gaza are now out of service.
00:54 EU foreign affairs ministers gathered in Brussels on Monday to discuss the situation, who say
00:59 they are concerned.
01:00 We have to see what is happening in the hospitals in Gaza. They are not battlefields. We have
01:07 to listen, in my opinion, to the doctors on the border, the world`s health organization
01:14 that says that people, patients who are in intensive care have no chance. There is no
01:21 oxygen, no water, no medicine. So, these people are going to die.
01:38 But divisions remain at the European level. While officially Brussels is asking for humanitarian
01:42 pauses to let more aid into Gaza, some countries, including Spain and Belgium, are asking for
01:47 a ceasefire. But Germany does not want to go so far.
01:51 I totally understand the impulse in this terrible situation where innocent children, people,
01:59 women, mothers, families are suffering, but also dying. I understand the impulse for a
02:07 ceasefire. But impulses are not enough to help people, to really save lives.
02:12 The European Union says all civilians must be allowed to leave the combat zone in Gaza
02:19 and that any humanitarian pauses must happen immediately.
02:23 Thank you.
02:26 (whooshing)