Live, Middle East: Egypt condemns the creation of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, seeing it as "a major obstacle to the achievement of a two-state solution"
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- Israel and Hamas "are very close to an agreement on Gaza," Donald Trump said on Friday . "We will inform you later today or perhaps tomorrow. We have a good chance of getting there," the US president added.
- Hamas, for its part, announced that it had begun consultations with other Palestinian movements regarding the ceasefire offer made by US envoy Steve Witkoff.
- Emmanuel Macron affirmed on Friday that the recognition of a Palestinian state is "not simply a moral duty, but a political requirement." This recognition is accompanied by several conditions, according to the French president: the release of the hostages, the demilitarization of Hamas, its non-participation in the new state and the reform of the Palestinian Authority, and recognition, by the future state, of Israel, in particular.
- Visiting a Jewish settlement outpost in the West Bank, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz responded to the French president: "This is (...) a clear message to [French President Emmanuel] Macron and his friends: they will recognize a Palestinian state on paper, and we will build the Jewish Israeli state here on the ground ," a statement from his office read.
- Egypt has denounced "a new provocative and flagrant violation of international law and Palestinian rights" following Israel's announcement of the creation of 22 new settlements in the West Bank. "Israeli settlements represent a major obstacle to the achievement of a two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace," Cairo stressed.
- The French head of state also assured that Europeans must "harden their collective position" against Israel , "if there is no response that is commensurate with the humanitarian situation that is being provided in the coming hours and days" in Gaza.
- Emmanuel Macron is "on a crusade against the Jewish state" , he accused in return The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that " there is no humanitarian blockade. This is a blatant lie ," the ministry said, defending its efforts to allow aid to reach Gaza.
- "It is time to go [to Gaza] with all the necessary force, without batting an eyelid, to destroy and completely kill Hamas," wrote Itamar Ben Gvir, the far-right Israeli national security minister, in a message to Benjamin Netanyahu.
- According to the UN, "Gaza is the hungriest place in the world ." "It is the only demarcated area, [the only] country or territory within a country, where the entire population is threatened with famine. 100% of the population is threatened with famine ," said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), during the regular UN press briefing in Geneva.
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