French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his “sincere condolences” to the Palestinian people for the “intolerable human toll” of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, in a phone call Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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- French President Emmanuel Macron expressed condolences and called for an end to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza
- Macron expressed “sincere condolences” to the Palestinian people for the “intolerable human toll” of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza during a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
- The call followed Israel’s bombing of a tent camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday.
- Macron and Abbas urged for an “immediate end” to Israel’s military intervention in Gaza, citing the International Court of Justice’s order.
- Macron highlighted France’s determination to work with Algeria and its partners at the U.N. to ensure the Security Council takes a strong position on Rafah and to support the French draft resolution.
- Abbas, leading the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, seeks a negotiated two-state solution and cooperates with Israel on security matters, though his forces were expelled from Gaza by Hamas in 2007.
The Associated Press has the story:
Macron offers condolences for ‘intolerable human toll’ of Gaza war in call with Palestinian President
Newslooks- PARIS — (AP)
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his “sincere condolences” to the Palestinian people for the “intolerable human toll” of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, in a phone call Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The talks followed Israel’s deadly bombing of a tent camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, the statement said.
Macron and Abbas called for an “immediate end” to Israel’s military intervention in Gaza in line with the International Court of Justice’s order, according to the statement.
Macron told “France’s determination to work with Algeria and its partners” at the U.N. to ensure that the Security Council expresses a “strong position” on Rafah, and to pursue efforts in support of the French draft resolution.
Abbas leads the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, cooperates with Israel on security matters and favors a negotiated two-state solution. Its forces were driven out of Gaza by Hamas when the militants seized power there in 2007.
