EU foreign ministers back humanitarian pause in Israel-Hamas war to let in aid

Josep Borrell rings the bell to announce the beginning of the foreign affairs council meeting in Luxembourg on 23 October. Photograph: Julien Warnand/EPA

EU foreign ministers have endorsed a “humanitarian pause” in the war between Israel and Hamas to allow aid to get into Gaza in sufficient quantities.

The EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, Josep Borrell, said there was consensus around the issue at a meeting of the EU ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.