BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers will condemn assassinations and the use of forged passports to censure Israel after the killing of a Palestinian militant in Dubai.

Diplomatic sources said the ministers may mention Israel only briefly but their statement at a meeting late on Monday in Brussels was intended to show the EU's disapproval of last month's assassination of the Hamas commander.

Dubai authorities say the assassins travelled on forged British, Irish, French and German passports and were sent by Israel's spy agency Mossad.