The killing comes as French high diplomat Catherine Colonna in Israel to enchantment for truce and lasting peace.
The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has condemned the Israeli bombing of a residential constructing in Rafah that killed considered one of its employees in a area beforehand declared a protected zone.
“France condemns this bombing of a residential building which caused the death of many other civilians. We demand that all light be shed by the Israeli authorities on the circumstances of this bombing, as quickly as possible,” the Foreign Ministry stated in a press release on Sunday.
The home was hit on Wednesday night, killing the worker and 10 others who had been sheltering with colleagues and their members of the family within the residential location.
The worker had been working with the French authorities in Gaza since 2002, and a few of his members of the family had already been evacuated from Gaza, the ministry stated, providing condolences.
The ministry assertion is launched at a time when exterior strain on Israel is rising resulting from its “indiscriminate” bombing raids in Gaza. More than 80 % of the practically 19,000 Palestinians killed are stated to be civilians.
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Sunday pressed for an “immediate and durable” truce within the Gaza warfare, including Paris is “deeply concerned” over the scenario within the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
“Too many civilians are being killed,” Colonna stated throughout remarks in Tel Aviv together with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, as Israel presses on with its offensive after the October 7 assaults that has despatched tensions spiralling throughout the area.
The overseas minister additionally condemned the October 7 assault by Hamas and plans to satisfy with the households of the Israeli captives held within the Gaza Strip.
At least 1,140 folks, most of them civilians, had been killed within the Hamas assault and 240 had been taken captive. Dozens of them had been launched in alternate for Palestinian prisoners as a part of a truce deal late final month.
Colonna additionally plans to pursue an settlement together with her Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki within the occupied West Bank throughout her journey.
Shortly earlier than her arrival in Israel, Colonna condemned rising assaults by Israeli settlers on Palestinians within the occupied West Bank.
“Since October 7, unfortunately, some settlers, driven by their ideological blindness… have committed crimes” towards Palestinians, she stated, including that “these settlers must be punished”.
More than 290 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers within the West Bank since October 7, in keeping with the territory’s Ministry of Health.
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