Paris : France has called on Israel to immediately cease its military operation in the city of Rafah.
The foreign ministry in Paris announced that the military operation, which has been ongoing since the beginning of the week, is threatening a catastrophic situation for the civilian population in Gaza.
Israel should resume negotiations, it said on Friday evening, as this was the only way to achieve the immediate release of the hostages and a lasting ceasefire.
According to the Foreign Ministry in Paris, Israel must immediately reopen the Rafah border crossing to Egypt, which is essential both for the civilian population’s access to humanitarian aid and for the most vulnerable people to leave the Gaza Strip.
France also condemned the attacks by Israeli settlers on a Jordanian aid convoy and called on the Israeli authorities to put an end to the settlers’ violence.
France also condemned the Hamas attack on the Kerem Shalom border crossing.