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France’s top diplomat returns to Israel amid calls for ceasefire, humanitarian law in Gaza

French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot visits the Nova festival memorial near Kibbutz Reim, in a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Hamas's October terror attacks, 7 October, 2024. © Ahmad Gharabli / AFP

France's foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot is due in Israel and the Palestinian Territories seeking to press Israel to engage diplomatically to end the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon after the US presidential election is over.

Barrot will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories this Wednesday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and "respect for international humanitarian law".

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