Israel’s flag is projected onto the entrance of the British authorities constructing at 10 Downing St. in a present of help on Sunday in London.

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LONDON — Landmark buildings round Europe, together with 10 Downing Street in London and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, have lit up with the Israeli flag — and a few cities have seen pro-Palestinian protests — as governments throughout the continent convened emergency conferences to reply to the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

Concern can also be rising after reviews that residents from the United Kingdom, France and presumably different European international locations have been among the many lifeless or lacking.

Here are a number of the methods some European international locations have responded for the reason that fighting began early Saturday.

Steadfast help

Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, data a video message concerning the scenario in Israel on Sunday in Aylesbury, England.

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Britain’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, data a video message concerning the scenario in Israel on Sunday in Aylesbury, England.

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In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has mentioned his authorities is “poised” to offer diplomatic, intelligence or safety help, if requested, to Israel. The U.Okay. is one in all Israel’s “strongest allies,” he mentioned. The authorities has not dominated out evacuating its residents from affected areas, saying retaining Britons secure is its “utmost priority.” Sunak held a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.

The deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, mentioned Monday night that his authorities was reviewing its aid to the Palestinian territories.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz mentioned Germany “stands steadfastly by Israel’s side.”

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the assaults and mentioned he had held talks with Prime Minister Netanyahu in addition to with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati.

The Israeli flag will likely be projected onto the Brandenburg Gate on the sidelines of the Festival of Lights as a present of solidarity.

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The Israeli flag will likely be projected onto the Brandenburg Gate on the sidelines of the Festival of Lights as a present of solidarity.

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The European Union’s government arm introduced it was suspending all help to the Palestinian territories.

“As the biggest donor of the Palestinians, the European Commission is putting its full development aid, worth a total of EUR 691m [$728 million] under review,” Oliver Varhelyi, EU commissioner for neighbor and enlargement, said in a post on X, previously often known as Twitter.

“The scale of terror and brutality against #Israel and its people is a turning point. There can be no business as usual,” he mentioned.

The EU will maintain an extraordinary meeting of its overseas ministers Tuesday in Muscat, Oman, to debate the scenario.

European residents lifeless and lacking

The BBC reported greater than 10 British residents are feared lifeless or lacking in Israel, citing an unnamed official U.Okay. supply. Among these killed in Israel was 20-year-old British man, Nathanel Young, who was serving within the Israeli Defense Forces, in keeping with a number of British news reports.

The U.Okay. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office didn’t instantly reply to NPR’s request for remark.

The French authorities said two of its citizens have been killed in Israel.

On Monday, French lawmaker Meyer Habib tweeted that at least eight French nationals have been lacking, lifeless or taken hostage after Hamas’ assault on Israel started Saturday. He mentioned he spoke to a person who confirmed that his son, a 26-year-old French man who was dwelling in Israel, was taken hostage by Hamas.

Germany’s Foreign Ministry mentioned it assumes German citizens are among those kidnapped by Hamas, in keeping with Le Monde.

In France and Germany, safety has been ramped up at Jewish institutions, synagogues and Jewish schools. London’s Metropolitan Police has additionally stepped up patrols after movies emerged of celebrations within the metropolis of the assaults in opposition to Israel.

Protesters maintain flares throughout a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London, Monday, two days after Hamas fighters launched an unprecedented, multi-front assault on Israel.

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Protesters maintain flares throughout a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London, Monday, two days after Hamas fighters launched an unprecedented, multi-front assault on Israel.

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Public help for Palestinian rights and sympathy for the Palestinian trigger, in keeping with surveys, has been stronger in some European international locations than it’s within the United States. One ballot revealed in July by the corporate YouGov discovered that, of individuals in European international locations with opinions concerning the Israeli-Palestinian battle, there was a larger tendency to facet with the Palestinians. The exception was Germany, the place respondents have been virtually evenly break up on the difficulty.

This week, there have been pro-Palestinian protests in London, Berlin and some U.S. cities.

Scottish chief’s kinfolk in Gaza

Scotland’s chief, First Minister Humza Yousaf, is a type of who has discovered his household affected by the battle. He instructed journalists in Scotland on Monday that his parents-in-law were currently trapped in Gaza. The dad and mom of Yousaf’s spouse, Nadia El-Nakla, who’s of Palestinian heritage, had been visiting kinfolk in Gaza once they discovered themselves trapped as Israel started its assaults on the territory this weekend. The Scottish first minister said his parents-in-law had been instructed by Israeli authorities to depart as a result of “Gaza will effectively be obliterated” however that no person may assure them secure passage out.

“I’m in a situation where, frankly, night by night, day by day, we don’t know whether or not my mother-in-law and father-in-law — who have nothing to do, as most Gazans don’t, with Hamas or with any terror attack — whether they will make it through the night or not,” Yousaf mentioned.