EU foreign ministers will meet separately on Monday with their counterparts from Israel and the Palestinian Authority, sources said today..

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz will meet European ministers on Monday morning, and in the afternoon it will be the turn of the head of Palestinian diplomacy Riyad Al-Maliki, the sources said. adding that no meeting has been scheduled between the two men.

The 27 want to hear from the two men regarding ways to end the violence in the Gaza Strip. The conflict has already claimed thousands of lives since Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7.

Other regional ministers are expected in Brussels. The ministers of Egypt, Sameh Shoukry, of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Farhan, and of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, as well as the secretary general of the Arab League, Ahmed Abul Yait, will have a working breakfast with their European counterparts.

The European Union has repeatedly argued, as has the US, in favor of a two-state solution to stabilize the situation and let peace return.

Several EU member states called for a permanent and immediate ceasefirebut others such as Germany and Hungary are opposed, insisting on Israel’s right to self-defense under international law.

At their meeting on Monday, EU foreign ministers are expected to approve new sanctions against Hamas. Several member states are also calling for sanctions against extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank, but several other European countries are more reluctant to do so.

In the West Bank, more than 360 Palestinians have been killed since October 7 by the Israeli army or Jewish settlers, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The war, which devastated the Gaza Strip and displaced more than 80% of the population, erupted after the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel. During this attack, 1,140 people lost their lives, according to an AFP tally based on official data.

In retaliation, Israel has vowed to wipe out Hamas, which seized power in Gaza in 2007. According to Hamas’ health ministry, 24,448 people have been killed in Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territory.