Von der Leyen and Metsola arrive in Israel to express support: "Terror will not prevail"

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, arrived this Friday shortly before noon in Israel to convey their solidarity to the country for last Saturday's terrorist attacks by Hamas.

“I have arrived in Israel with the President of the European Parliament to express our solidarity with the Israeli people after the terrible terrorist attack by Hamas,” Von der Leyen wrote on the X social network.

“We are here with a message of solidarity after the worst terrorist attack that Israel has suffered in years. Terror will not prevail. How we respond matters. We can and must stop Hamas and do what we can to mitigate the humanitarian consequences,” Metsola said on the same platform.

The visit of the presidents of two of the most important EU institutions to Israel occurs six days after Hamas carried out its surprise attack by land, sea and air in Israel, which has left more than 1,300 dead – more than in the entire Second Intifada -, in addition to 3,200 wounded.

In Gaza, where the population is on the brink of the abyss, in a tide of destruction – without light, water or food – and without anywhere to go, the death toll from the bombings already exceeds 1,400 dead and 6,200 injured.