PARIS, March 18, 2025 (WAFA) – France Tuesday condemned renewed Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip.

“France condemns the Israeli strikes carried out since yesterday on the Gaza Strip, which have caused a very large number of civilian casualties,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

It called for an immediate cessation of the Israeli aggression and the full resumption of the ceasefire, the proper protection of civilians.

France also called on the occupation authorities to "ensure the permanent protection of all civilians, restore access to water and electricity, and immediately lift obstacles to the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza."

Israel unilaterally ended the Gaza ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Strip, carrying out a wave of bloody airstrikes on five Gaza municipalities and killing hundreds of Palestinians, including over 100 children.

The death toll topped 412 with more than 564 others wounded, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Emergency teams are attempting to recover victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

The aggression was resumed amidst concerns over the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Strip given the ongoing siege and ban on the entry of medical and humanitarian aid.

Israel has waged military onslaught on the Strip since October 2023, killing over 48,572 Palestinians, mostly women and children and injuring 112,032 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.