Tajani calls for 'humanitarian pause' in Gaza

(see related) (ANSA) - ROME, OCT 23 - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Monday called for a "humanitarian pause" in hostilities between Hamas and Israel to make it possible for aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
    "We are in favour of humanitarian pauses to enable supplies to enter Gaza," Tajani said on his way out of the European Foreign Affairs Council.
    "The majority of (EU) member countries support this.
    "A truce, however, is something else.
    "It cannot entail Israel giving up its self defense and ceasing to attack Hamas while Hamas and Hezbollah continue to launch rockets at Israel.
    "A humanitarian pause concerns the protection of the Palestinian people.
    "At the moment, a truce risks protecting Hamas".
    He said there was agreement at the EU level on the need to achieve "two States" for "two peoples" in order to "give the Palestinian people a outlook to end the war. "We all agree on this," Tajani said.
    "There were different nuances but I think there is unanimity among the European Union countries on the need to work concretely to achieve this goal "We will see how to achieve unity among all the EU countries and then make an impact". (ANSA).