News Center- After the first day of a European Union summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, European Union leaders decided on Wednesday to step up sanctions against Iran after Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel on Sunday.

In a statement released after the first day of their summit, the EU leaders also renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, as well as the provision of full, rapid, safe and unhindered access to humanitarian aid at scale for Palestinians in need.

Mentioning the situation in Lebanon, the EU leaders renewed their support for Lebanon.

At least eight Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike

On Wednesday, the Israeli air forces launched an airstrike targeting a house in an agricultural land in the Salam neighborhood of Rafah. At least eight people from the Ayad family, including five children and two women, were killed in the Israeli airstrike, Palestinian health officials announced.

Several Palestinians were reportedly injured on Wednesday in the strike targeting a house belonging to the Bahabsa family, near Rafah’s eastern cemetery.