President Macron was the first head of government within the EU to use clear words regarding the Israeli retaliatory strike following the Hamas attack four weeks ago: “Civilians, babies, women and old people are being bombed and killed. being given. There is no justification for attacking civilians. We call on Israel to stop this,” he said in an interview published Saturday by the British television channel BBC. “I want to remind everyone of international law, I call for a ceasefire.”
Asked if he wanted other leaders, including the United States and Britain, to join his call for a ceasefire, Macron said, “I hope they will.”
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected Macron’s allegations. “The responsibility for the suffering of civilians does not lie with Israel, but with Hamas. Netanyahu news platform
