Hamas welcomes 3 EU countries‘ plan to recognize a state of Palestine, as Israel hammers Gaza with new airstrikes.
The leaders of three European countries — Norway, Spain and Ireland — that they would formally on May 28. The move is intended to pressure Israel to accept a political process to end its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Israel reacted angrily to the decision, calling it „a distorted step“ and recalling its ambassadors to the three countries. The Jewish state’s Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, said he’d summoned the three countries‘ ambassadors in Israel and that they would be shown a harrowing video of the abduction of five female by Hamas during its Oct. 7 terrorist attack, which sparked the ongoing war.
The video, released by the Hostages Families Forum with permission of the abductees‘ families, was recorded by Hamas fighters wearing body cameras as they abducted the women, who are still believed to be held captive in Gaza.
The Palestinian Authority, which administers the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and Hamas, which ruled over Gaza for almost two decades prior to Oct. 7, both welcomed the announcement by the European nations, which came amid intensified fighting in Gaza.
