France: ‘War in Gaza must stop now’
France’s Ambassador to the United Nations Nicolas de Riviere on Wednesday called the humanitarian situation in Gaza “catastrophic”, saying that, “War in Gaza must stop now.”
Speaking at an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council regarding the ongoing Israeli conflicts, Riviere said, “We can no longer accept that humanitarian tragedy as an inevitable fact. There needs to be an immediate permanency by the release of all hostages as well as the delivery at scale of humanitarian aid,” he said.
“War in Gaza must stop now,” Al Jazeera quoted him as saying.
Riviere said that France will continue to work towards the implementation of a two-state solution.
“And we will continue to work on this task including within the Security Council. Measures aiming to weaken the Palestinian Authority must stop,” he said.
“The humanitarian situation is worsening as a result of the intensification of Israeli strikes. There too we need to see an immediate cease-fire.”
French President Emmanuel Macron also denounced the Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians and Lebanese as well as its recent attacks on the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must not forget that Israel “was created by a UN decision.”
Macron, who had called to stop the export of weapons to Israel for use in Gaza and Lebanon, warned that this is not the time to ignore UN decisions. Despite international outcry and calls for a cease-fire, Israel has continued its war on Gaza and offensive in Lebanon.