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France, UK and 23 other countries issue joint plea for war in Gaza to 'end now'

Dozens of western nations, including France, called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza on Monday as Israel launched fresh attacks on the central city of Deir el-Balah. The countries' joint statement said the Israeli aid distribution system in the Palestinian enclave "deprives Gazans of human dignity" and urged a negotiated ceasefire.

Since the start of the war, nearly all of Gaza's population of more than two million has been displaced at least once. © Eyad Baba, AFP

Since the start of the war, nearly all of Gaza's population of more than two million has been displaced at least once. © Eyad Baba, AFP

More than two dozen Western countries called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza on Monday, saying that suffering there had "reached new depths" as Israel's military expanded its operations to the central city of Deir el-Balah.

After more than 21 months of fighting that have triggered catastrophic humanitarian conditions for Gaza's more than two million people, Israeli allies Britain, France, Australia, Canada and 21 other countries, plus the EU, said in a joint statement that the war "must end now".

"The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths," the signatories added, urging a negotiated ceasefire, the release of hostages held by Palestinian militants and the free flow of much-needed aid.

The plea came as Deir el-Balah came under intense shelling on Monday, after Israel's military warned of imminent action in an area where it had not previously operated.

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Source: France 24

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