The European Union is urging Israel and the Palestinian militant movement Hamas to accept a plan laid out by US President Joe Biden to end the Gaza war. The plan sets out three phases of de-escalation, principally featuring a truce that would become permanent and Israel’s withdrawal from the Palestinian territory. The EU gave its “full support to the comprehensive roadmap,” a statement said. “Too many civilian lives have been lost,” it said. “Peace and stability in the Middle East are in the interest of both peoples, of the region as a whole, as well as globally.” Qatar, the United States and …