Prague - The European Union sees a ceasefire in the Middle East on the horizon, an EU official said after the bloc's unsuccessful mission returned late Tuesday to Prague.
"We are suspecting a dawn, but it is not here yet," said Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country chairs the EU until June 30.
The EU mission achieved little. Israel rejected the EU's call for an immediate ceasefire or at least a lull in fighting that would ease distribution of humanitarian aid in the embattled Gaza Strip.