2023-12-26 23:07:00
So the announcement, by Israel, of the intensification of strikes and the prolongation of the fighting in Gaza, France said, Tuesday December 26, “seriously concerned”, indicated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release. Paris “forcefully reiterates its call for an immediate truce leading to a ceasefire,” added the Quai d’Orsay, deploring “the systematic bombings [qui] have again caused numerous civilian casualties in recent days” and calling on Israel to “take concrete measures to protect the lives of the civilian population in Gaza”.
Welcoming a United Nations Security Council resolution adopted on Friday, France also called on Israel to “facilitate the delivery of aid throughout the Gaza Strip and to take urgent measures to guarantee full humanitarian access , safe and unhindered. “The use of all access and circulation routes must be facilitated, including through the full and urgent commissioning of the Kerem Shalom crossing point”, between Israel and the Gaza Strip, specified the ministry.
The Security Council resolution demands the “large-scale” delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, but not a cease-fire, which the United States, Israel’s main supporter, does not want.
Insufficient international aid
The war has forced 1.9 million people to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, or 85% of the population according to the UN. Famine threatens in the territory and most hospitals are out of service.
International aid is arriving in insufficient quantities in Gaza, subjected by Israel to a total siege since October 9 after already more than sixteen years of Israeli blockade.
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More than 240 Palestinians killed in 24 hours
More than 240 Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, according to Hamas, and the Israeli chief of staff warned Tuesday that the war would last for “many more months.”
Israel vowed to destroy Hamas after the attack by commandos infiltrated from Gaza left around 1,140 people dead, most of them civilians, according to the latest official Israeli figures. Around 250 people have been kidnapped, according to Israel, of whom 129 remain detained in Gaza.
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