Paris hosts conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza
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French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday host a conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza although Israel, which has been bombarding the Palestinian territory since the October 7 attack by Hamas, will be absent. Overnight Wednesday, the US carried out strikes against a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria that the Pentagon said was used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Follow our live blog for the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
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- The Israeli military said its troops had advanced into the heart of Gaza City, Hamas’s main bastion and the biggest city in the coastal enclave, while the Islamist militant group said its fighters had inflicted heavy losses on the Israeli forces.
- The United States said Wednesday it opposed any Israeli “reoccupation” of the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of the Israel-Hamas war.
- The US launched air strikes on a site in Syria on Wednesday in response to Iranian-backed militia attacks on bases housing US troops, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
- The number of Palestinians killed in the war has surpassed 10,500, a toll that includes more than 4,300 children, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Wednesday.
8:34am: Macron to speak with Israel’s Netanyahu after conclusion of Gaza aid conference in Paris
Israeli authorities will not be in attendance at a conference on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip in Paris on Thursday, but French President Emmanuel Macron, who will deliver remarks at the opening of the event, is set to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after its conclusion. FRANCE 24’s Clovis Casali reports.
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