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Israel has said that its enemies they were not safe anywhere, a day after strikes targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar - a US ally - drew a rare rebuke from US President Donald Trump.

Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed that "Israel's long arm will act against its enemies anywhere", following yesterday's deadly attack on the Gulf state, which hosts a large US military base and has spearheaded repeated rounds of Gaza truce efforts.

In Europe, over 300 former EU and member state ambassadors, as well as former EU officials, have written a joint letter calling on the EU to immediately suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement and to impose targeted sanctions on members of the Israeli government.

The letter, to the EU institutions and leaders of the 27 member states, also calls on the 13 member states which have not yet done so to join 147 UN members in recognising the State of Palestine.

The letter follows European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivering her harshest criticism of Israel to date, saying she would propose sanctions on extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank, and the suspension of the trade element of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

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