Macron’s feedback come after Israel resumed its bombardment of the Gaza Strip final month when a two-month-long truce got here to an finish and ceasefire talks broke down between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Israel has since halted the supply of humanitarian assist to the Palestinian enclave.
Israel’s warfare in Gaza was triggered by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, assault towards southern Israel throughout which 1,200 folks had been killed and 250 had been taken hostage. The Hamas-run Gazan Well being Ministry says greater than 50,000 folks in Gaza have died within the ensuing battle. That determine consists of each civilian and combatant fatalities.
The Israeli-Palestinian battle resonates deeply in France, which is house to Europe’s largest Jewish and Muslim communities. Israel can be house to a big French-speaking group that has saved sturdy ties to France.
France has at all times been in favor of a two-state answer however has resisted calls to acknowledge a Palestinian state, typically arguing that Paris would solely accomplish that if it served the peace course of.
Macron’s feedback got here on the finish of a three-day journey to Egypt, throughout which he visited a hospital treating Palestinians within the metropolis of El Arish, close to the border with Gaza.
“I wish to consider in peace; at this time the battle has intensified and it’s horrible … Since March 2, there’s nothing moving into [to the Gaza Strip] — no water, no meals, no treatment, and not one of the injured are popping out,” Macron mentioned.
