“In Gaza the situation is dramatic,” reacted Emmanuel Macron on his X account, Friday March 1, after the death announced overnight by Hamas of more than 110 people during a food aid distribution in Gaza. If the circumstances of the tragedy must be clarified, the Israeli army admitted to having opened fire.
This event sparked indignation within the international community and calls to establish the truth. The French president thus expressed his “stronger disapproval of these shots”asking “the truth” And “Justice” while the United States demanded from Israel “some answers”. The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell denounced him on “new carnage” and deaths “totally unacceptable”. The UN Security Council met urgently behind closed doors. Follow our live stream.
Hopes for a new truce diminished. There will be no “probably” no truce between now and Monday, said Joe Biden, after saying at the start of the week that he hoped for a ceasefire by March 4. Asked if he believed that the tragedy that occurred during the food distribution would have an impact on the negotiations for a ceasefire, the American president replied: “I know it will.”
A call to protect Palestinian journalists in Gaza. More than 30 international media outlets, including the world’s leading news agencies, on Thursday expressed solidarity with Palestinian journalists working in conditions of extreme difficulty in Gaza and called on Israeli authorities to “protect them” like civilians.
An extremely heavy toll. The Pentagon estimated Thursday that “more than 25,000” Palestinian women and children were killed. For its part, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced that the death of “more than 30,000” people since October 7.