EU calls emergency ministers’ meeting
The EU’s foreign affairs chief,Josep Borrell, has called an emergency meeting of the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers.
I am convening tomorrow an emergency meeting of EU Foreign Ministers to address the situation in #Israel and in the region.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) October 9, 2023
Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 3
Approximately 260 bodies recovered from a music festival that was attacked by Hamas; numerous members of UNSC denounce Palestinian militants
- The IDF has said fighting is ongoing in seven or eight areas, including one active hostage situation in Kfar Aza kibbutz. Hamas cells are still entering Israel, or crossing back and forth. Not all breaches of the fence have been secured yet.
- Spokesperson for the IDF, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, said “almost 48 hours into the fighting … the situation in Israel is a dire one”. “It is by far the worst day in Israeli history. Never before have so many Israelis been killed by one single thing on one day.”
