 EU foreign ministers met in Brussels on November 13 to discuss the situation in Gaza and how to keep the blocs' focus on Ukraine given the crisis in the Middle East.INA statement on Nov. 12 the European Union condemned Hamas for using hospitals and civilians as human shields in Gaza, while also urging Israel to show maximum restraint to protect civilians. Hospitals in the north of the Palestinian enclave are blockaded by Israeli forces and barely able to care for those inside, according to medical staff. Gaza's largest and second-largest hospitals, Al-Shifa and Al-Quds, said they were suspending operations Israel says Hamas has placed command centers under and near hospitals and it needs to get at them to free around 200 hostages the militants took in Israel in an attack just over a month ago. Hamas has denied using hospitals in this way.