European Parliament President Roberta Metsola today visited Israel Friday, the day when Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive.
The directive came on the heels of what the United Nations said was a warning they received from Israel to evacuate 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza within 24 hours.
In a post on social media, Metsola said that she went to Re'im, “where Hamas turned a festival of music into a carnage of murder. The horror is unspeakable,” she wrote.
“I met first responders, many of whom are still here. Terrorists opened fire on revellers, killing, torturing and abducting. We remember those lost and honour their memory,” she said.
The latest Israel-Hamas war has claimed at least 2,800 lives on both sides since Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Oct. 7.