Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn condemnation from the United Nations and defied key backer the United States by rejecting calls for a Palestinian state.Israel’s assault on Gaza has left over 25,000 Palestinians dead, the vast majority women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.Netanyahu has vowed “complete victory” over Hamas after the attacks by the Islamist movement’s fighters on October 7 that resulted in the deaths of about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.Hamas militants also seized about 250 hostages and Israel says around 132 remain in besieged Gaza.EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Israel that “peace and stability cannot be built only by military means”.”Which are the other solutions they have in mind? To make all the Palestinians leave? To kill off them?” Borrell said.
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