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Israel's relentless bombardment and ground aggression in Gaza has killed at least 28,576 people, mostly women and children

الوكالة الوطنية للإعلامNNA - French President Emmanuel Macron stressed in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the necessity of “opening the port of Ashdod and a di

The French leader stressed that a ceasefire agreement should be reached "without further delay", adding such a deal should "guarantee the protection of all civilians and the massive inflow of emergency aid".

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Famine looms for coastal enclave as inspections and security problems impede food deliveries

Gaza's healthcare crumbles under Israel-Hamas war, with hospitals barely functioning amid ongoing conflict.

As the risk of famine grows in Gaza and more people are exposed to deadly diseases, the heads of three UN agencies – the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) – called for faster and safer aid access to the enclave.

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, during which Macron expressed France’s “firm opposition to an Israeli offensive in Rafah.” The city on Gaza's southern border with Egypt is sheltering some 1.4 million displaced people — over half the Gaza Strip's population — who are crammed into tent camps and overflowing apartments and shelters.

French President Emmanuel Macron told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that the Gaza death toll was "intolerable" and Israel's operations there "must cease", the president's office said.

The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its fifth month, has devastated hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Less than half of hospitals are only partially functioning as scores of