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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

France proposes widening anti-Islamic State coalition to fight Hamas

The French and Israeli flags on a table with mics and glasses of water and chocolates
The French and Israeli flags side by side in a conference room on Tuesday as Emmanuel Macron pays a solidarity visit. Photograph: Reuters

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has proposed widening the international coalition against Islamic State to fight the Palestinian militant group Hamas as he made a visit to Israel.

Macron emphasised that France and Israel shared terrorism as their “common enemy” as he spoke alongside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

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