Astana, Kazakhstan:
French President Emmanuel Macron stated as we speak he “hates the controversy” over the worth of “Jewish lives” and “Palestinian lives” and known as for “civilians in Gaza to be protected first”.
“I hate this debate dividing folks and saying: ‘For me Jewish lives are extra vital’ or ‘for me Palestinian lives can be extra vital’. That is loopy,” Macron stated on a go to to the Kazakhstan capital.
“All lives matter on this world,” he careworn, talking in English to college students.
Civilians in Gaza “don’t have anything to do with the terrorist assaults”, Macron stated.
Hamas gunmen killed 1,400 folks, principally civilians, once they rushed to the Gaza border into Israel on October 7 and took 240 hostages, in line with Israeli officers.
Israel has relentlessly pounded Gaza in retribution for the worst assault within the nation’s historical past, killing 8,796 folks, in line with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
“You must assault and punish the terrorist teams however civilians should not those to assault.” Macron stated.
“You must defend civilians in your counter assault … in an effort to give attention to the terrorist teams.
“I need to make this distinction as a result of all lives matter on this world,” he careworn.
This was why France and different EU leaders known as for a humanitarian pause within the preventing, Macron stated.
“We’ve got to guard first civilians in Gaza. As a result of they don’t have anything to do with these terrorist assaults,” he added
Ambulances evacuated wounded residents out of Gaza to Egypt in a primary as we speak, with lots of of overseas passport holders additionally poised to flee the territory after three weeks of warfare.
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