Suffering of Palestinians ‘must end’, Macron tells Netanyahu

• Calls for ‘opening all humanitarian aid crossings’ into besieged territory
• Israeli PM visits Gaza, opposes establishment of Palestinian state

PARIS: France’s President Emmanuel Macron told Israel’s leader during a phone call on Tuesday that the suffering of Gazan civilians “must end” and that only a ceasefire in Gaza could free remaining Israeli prisoners.

“The ordeal the civilian populations of Gaza are going through must end,” Macron posted on X after the call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.