France expresses 'outrage' about Israel strikes on Gazan civilians

France expressed “outrage” on Tuesday following Israeli strikes on displaced persons in the Gaza Strip in the last two days, Anadolu Agency reports.

The Foreign Ministry noted that Israeli forces targeted a UN-run school and the Al-Maghazi refugee camp hosting displaced persons.

“Those recent strikes that killed nearly a hundred people, aggravated the disastrous human toll among the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza,” it said in a statement.

It noted Israel’s obligation to respect international humanitarian law and reiterated its demand for an “immediate ceasefire and the liberation of all hostages without delay”.

Israeli forces attacked a school and other centres hosting civilians in Gaza in the last two days, killing nearly 100 victims and injuring hundreds of others.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since a 7 October, 2023 attack by Hamas.

More than 38,700 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 89,000 injured, according to local health authorities.

Over nine months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on 6 May.

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