According to Anadolu Agency, “France is opposed to the forced displacement of populations. That’s very clear-cut…We will not support the forced displacement of people,” de Riviere told reporters on Tuesday.
“It’s more or less obvious that the Gaza Strip is inhabited by Palestinians. Our goal is for Palestinians to be able to continue living there in safety and security and under good conditions. That should be the priority.”
His remarks came after Israeli officials called for the “voluntary evacuation” of Palestinians from Gaza and urged various countries to take in Palestinians from the enclave.
De Riviere said shutting people out of Gaza or recolonizing Gaza are “harebrained ideas,” adding it is essential to put an end to the military operation and not to target civilians.
“Palestinians should be able to live in peace in their homes, and the bombing of civilians in the Gaza Strip should end. Hospitals and schools have been destroyed…We want that to end,” he stressed.
Underlining the need to protect the civilian population, de Riviere said there are 2 million civilians in Gaza.
The Israeli regime waged a bloody war against the Gaza Strip on October 7 after the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas carried out a retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity for its atrocities against Palestinians.
Close to 22,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed in Israel’s onslaught so far.
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