Countries speak out against Israeli orders to evacuate before threatened attack on southern Gaza city
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Israel will be committing a war crime under international law if it seeks to forcibly displace Palestinian civilians from Rafah, in Gaza, France has warned.
The French foreign ministry issued the statement after President Emmanuel Macron spoke with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday night. He used the discussion to restate his opposition to a Rafah offensive, shortly before Israel ordered an evacuation designed to move initially at least 100,000 refugees as part of a military effort to drive the remaining Hamas battalions out of Gaza.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/forcibly-displacing-rafah-civilians-would-be-war-france-warns-israel
Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Publish date : 2024-05-06 13:28:07
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