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GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 22 – French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot highlighted risks to Palestinian freelance journalists and called for press access amid famine warnings after 21 months of war, officials said.
- French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot urged Israel to allow foreign press access to Gaza amid warnings of famine to demonstrate the situation there.
- Israel has prohibited access to the Gaza Strip for all international journalists, impacting reporting on the humanitarian crisis.
- The United Nations reports that Gaza's population faces famine-like conditions with near-daily deaths occurring as people queue for food aid.
- Barrot condemned Israeli military operations in Gaza, stating they will worsen the already catastrophic humanitarian conditions.
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FOX 28 Spokane
France’s top diplomat calls for foreign press access to Gaza
France's foreign minister urged Israel on Tuesday to allow international journalists into the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza to "bear witness" to the situation after 21 months of war. The United Nations and human rights groups say Gaza and its population of more than two million face famine-like conditions, with near-daily deaths of people queueing
France asks that "the free and independent press can access Gaza to show" what is happening in the territory in danger of famine after 21 months of war, said French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Tuesday. ...
"I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin and I can no longer work."
Radio France Internationale
France's top diplomat calls for foreign press access to Gaza
"I ask that the free and independent press be allowed to access Gaza to show what is happening there and to bear witness," he told France Inter radio in an interview from eastern Ukraine.He spoke after French press agency AFP news agency warned that the lives of Palestinian freelance journalists it was working with in Gaza were in danger and urged Israel to allow them and their families to leave the occupied coastal territory.
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