Metsola calls for ceasefire, release of hostages on anniversary of Hamas attacks

BRUSSELS Oct. 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, reiterated this Monday the call for a ceasefire, the release of the hostages and de-escalation in the Middle East region one year after the Hamas attacks on Israeli soil.

“The attacks of October 7 unleashed a cycle of war, death and devastation in which thousands of people have died in Gaza and has generated instability throughout the region,” warned the president of the European Parliament, after pointing out that “too many innocent They have paid the highest price.

Specifically, he has denounced the attacks by the Islamist movement, ensuring that “there is nothing that can justify the indiscriminate mass murder, rape, kidnapping and torture that occurred a year ago.” “The horror of that day will live in infamy,” he noted, recalling the young people murdered at a music festival, the burning of kibbutz and the taking of hostages.

Metsola has sent messages of support to the families of the hostages, several of whom were present in the Strasbourg chamber and received a loud ovation from the MEPs. “This House will continue to do what it can to help bring them all home,” he said.