The French, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers called today for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian Hamas.
At a joint press conference in Cairo, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejurne said that his government will submit a proposal for a resolution to the UN Security Council "in the coming weeks", which will also contain a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"In order to get out of this crisis permanently, a political solution is needed, and it is known, it is a two-state solution, it is the only solution that can guarantee peace and security for both Israelis and Palestinians," said the French minister.
That solution, which is advocated by the international community, is rejected by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Monday, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. According to the latest balance sheet of the Hamas health ministry, 32.705 people have died in that territory since the beginning of the conflict with Israel on October 7 of last year.
The International Criminal Court on Thursday ordered Israel to ensure that urgent humanitarian aid reaches civilians in Gaza, pointing out that famine has gripped the territory after five months of war.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said today that international law has no influence on the ground when it comes to Israel and that it is a great misfortune that the international community is unable to prevent a humanitarian disaster.
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced today that five people were killed and 30 injured this morning in Gaza City in a kidnapping at gunpoint during a food distribution.
Thousands of people waited before dawn for the arrival of 15 trucks with flour and other foodstuffs, and shots and screams can be heard on the videos of the AFP agency.
Three out of five people were killed by armed fire - stated the Red Crescent.
According to eyewitnesses, members of the "Committee of People's Protection", responsible for monitoring the distribution, shot into the air, while in the confusion, trucks ran over people.
"Heavy fire" from nearby Israeli tanks was also mentioned, but the Israeli army told AFP there was "no sign of an incident".
In starving Gaza, several food distributions have turned violent in recent weeks.
It is very difficult for food aid to reach the residents, especially in the north of the Gaza Strip, where there are about 300.000, since convoys are slow to reach them from the south of the territory, where they enter from Egypt through the only border crossing.
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The Ministry of Health of the Palestinian movement Hamas announced today that 82 people died in the previous 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, which is under attack by Israel.
Since October 7 - when the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement began - the total number of dead has risen to 32.705.
The Ministry stated that 75.190 people were wounded in almost six months of that war.
The war between Israel and Hamas has entered its 176th day.
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