French President Macron calls for 'ceasefire' at Gaza aid conference in Paris

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French President Emmanuel Macron calls for a "ceasefire" in Gaza as he opens a conference in Paris on aid for the Palestinian territory. The besieged strip has been under bombardment by Israel since the 7 October attacks by Hamas which killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli officials. “Civilians must be protected, and this is absolutely essential and non-negotiable,” says President Macron as the war between Israel and Hamas enters its second month. According to the Hamas-run health ministry, Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 10,500 people, mostly women and civilians.

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00:00 "Civilians must be protected.

00:03 And it is absolutely essential.

00:06 It is not negotiable.

00:08 It is an immediate necessity and in the long term it is also a condition of the effectiveness

00:13 of our fight against terrorists.

00:17 Today the situation is serious and is deteriorating more and more every day.

00:21 In the immediate future, it is to the protection of civilians that we must work.

00:25 We need a very quick humanitarian break and we must work to put out the fire.

00:33 This must be possible.

00:36 We must create the space necessary for humanitarian actors to act in Gaza."

00:41 "I also call on all the countries present to increase their financial contributions

00:46 to the Palestinian civilian population via the United Nations, including UNRWA, the CICR, the ONG.

00:53 Since October 7, France has announced 20 million euros of additional humanitarian aid

00:57 and we will make this effort to 100 million euros by 2023."

01:03 school.

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