European Union foreign ministers on Monday rebuffed a proposal to suspend political dialogue with Israel put forward by the bloc's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, who cited concerns about possible human rights violations in the war in Gaza.

That's why we have to put pressure on the Israeli government, and also, obviously on the Hamas side," Josep Borrell told journalists ahead of an EU meeting. The European Union's foreign policy chief last week proposed that the bloc suspend its political dialogue with Israel,

The European Union is not suspending its regular political dialogue with Israel for the time being, despite serious allegations regarding Israel's conduct during the war in the Gaza Strip. At a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels,