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Israel rejects essential EU report forward of ministers’ assembly

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BRUSSELS — Israel has rejected a European Union report saying it might be breaching human rights obligations in Gaza and the West Financial institution as a “ethical and methodological failure,” in response to a doc seen by Reuters on Sunday.

The be aware, despatched to EU officers forward of a overseas ministers’ assembly on Monday, mentioned the report by the bloc’s diplomatic service failed to think about Israel’s challenges and was based mostly on inaccurate info.

“The International Ministry of the State of Israel rejects the doc … and finds it to be an entire ethical and methodological failure,” the be aware mentioned, including that it must be dismissed solely.

European nations have been more and more essential of the large civilian toll of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s navy marketing campaign towards Palestinian militant group Hamas since its October 7, 2023 assault on Israeli communities. — Reuters

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— Reuters

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