Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron (C) shake hands upon arrival at Arish International Airport near Egypt's northeastern city of Arish in the north of the Sinai peninsula, about 55 kilometres west of the border with the Gaza Strip, on April 8, 2025. The French President on April 8 visited Egypt's port of El-Arish, a key transit point for Gaza-bound aid, to call on Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian access to the war-battered Palestinian territory. Macron, who arrived in Cairo the previous day, said he would meet with wounded Palestinians and medical professionals in El-Arish, an "outpost of humanitarian support for the civilian population of Gaza". AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN
French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Egyptian city of El-Arish, a key transit point for Gaza-bound aid, on Tuesday to call on Israel to lift its blockade of aid deliveries to the war-battered Palestinian territory.
Alongside his Egyptian host Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Macron toured a hospital in the port city, 50 kilometres west of the Gaza Strip, and met with medical professionals and sick and wounded Palestinians evacuated from Gaza.
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