As we mentioned earlier, among the 12 crew members on board the Madleen was Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament.
According to foreign media, France is one of the countries leading the call for recognition of the Palestinian state.
France will co-host a United Nations conference in New York later this month with Saudi Arabia, aimed at taking steps toward a two-state solution that proposes an independent Palestinian state coexisting with Israel. This is something Israel rejects.
"We urgently need to move from words to deeds. We need to move from ending the war in Gaza to ending the conflict itself," said Anne-Claire Legendre, advisor on the Middle East and North Africa to French President Emmanuel Macron, at a UN session early last month.
"In the face of the facts on the ground, the prospects of a Palestinian state must be preserved," she added, writes A2 CNN.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry estimates that around 54,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war. (A2 Televizion)
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