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Hungary blocked a joint EU appeal to the Israeli government not to launch a full-scale ground offensive into Rafah, multiple EU diplomats confirmed to dpa. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pushed for the joint appeal on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference and said he hoped unaminity could be reached to “formally” urge Israel not to invade the southern Gaza city. Instead Borrell had to issue a statement alone as the European Union’s top diplomat, calling on the “Israeli Government not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situat…

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