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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday voiced the EU's full support for the Gaza peace plan "brokered by the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Turkey."

"We stand ready to contribute to its success with all tools at our disposal," she wrote on X. "And we will provide EU funding for the reconstruction of Gaza."

In addition, Brussels will restart a civilian mission to monitor the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Wednesday in support of the ceasefire deal, the EU's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said in a separate statement.

For two years, internal divisions have paralysed the European Union in the Gaza conflict.

EU responses have been limited to "deep concern" and diplomatic hedging, a situation that prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjam

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