Borrell Says He Invited Palestinian, Israeli Ministers to EU Meeting 

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)
A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)
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Borrell Says He Invited Palestinian, Israeli Ministers to EU Meeting 

A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)
A view shows houses and buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City, October 10, 2023. (Reuters)

Israel's Foreign Affairs minister Eli Cohen and his Palestinian Authority counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki have been invited to an emergency meeting of European Foreign Affairs ministers later on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Israel and the region, said EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell.

"I have invited (the) Israeli Foreign Minister to join the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers I am convening this afternoon. I have also invited (the Palestinian Authority's) Foreign Minister Maliki to address the meeting and present the views of the Palestinian Authority," Borrell said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

EU ministers will meet in Muscat, Oman, where a meeting of EU and Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers was already scheduled to take place.

Some ministers will be there in person, some will attend the meeting remotely.



Hamas Says Israeli Female Hostage Killed in North Gaza Area Hit by Israel

Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since October 7 protest outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 25, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since October 7 protest outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 25, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
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Hamas Says Israeli Female Hostage Killed in North Gaza Area Hit by Israel

Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since October 7 protest outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 25, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since October 7 protest outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 25, 2024. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

A spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing said on Saturday that a female Israeli hostage had been killed in an area of northern Gaza that had been struck by Israeli forces.

Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel was offering a reward of $5 million to anybody who brings out a hostage held in Gaza.

"Anybody who brings out a hostage will find with us a secure way for them and their family to leave" Gaza, Netanyahu said in a video filmed inside the Palestinian territory, according to his office.

"We will also give them a reward of $5 million for each hostage."