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On his first visit to Israel since the Oct. 7 assault, Borrell sought to express solidarity with his hosts and reflect international concern about Palestinian civilian casualties as Israeli forces seek to destroy Hamas in Gaza.
Borrell's balancing act also reflected an attempt to stick to a middle ground acceptable to all 27 EU countries, who have deeply rooted differences about the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict that have come to the fore in the current crisis.
The scale of Borrell's task was highlighted by the foreign ministers of three EU countries - Ireland, Greece and Cyprus - all paying their own separate visits to Israel on Thursday, in addition to his own, all with their own talking points.
"I know what a kibbutz means for the Israelis," he said, after walking among destroyed homes and a kindergarten in the settlement near the border with Gaza, wearing a flak jacket with the European Union flag of yellow stars on a blue backdrop.
"There is only one responsible for this atrocity, for the massacre of the seventh of October, for the world that started after and also the suffering of the people in Gaza - it's Hamas, which is sponsored by Iran," he said.
Borrell pledged to raise the issue in a meeting this weekend with the Emir of Qatar, whose country has been heavily involved in trying to reach a deal to free at least some of the hostages.
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