Egypt urges EU to put pressure on Israel to accept Gaza truce proposal

Egypt has appealed to the EU to put pressure on Israel to accept a Hamas-approved Gaza ceasefire proposal, put forward by Cairo and Qatar, and to end its military expansion in the enclave. The Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, on the sidelines of the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on Monday. Mr Abdelatty called on Europe to use its influence to prevent Israel from expanding its “blatant crimes” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday.