At least 17 killed in Gaza as leaders ramp up pressure for ceasefire

At least 17 people were killed Thursday in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, according to local health officials, as international pressure for a ceasefire continued to grow.

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On the sidelines of the United Nations General ‘Assembly in New York, French President Emmanuel Macron told France 24 his country had recognised a Palestinian state on the conviction it “is the only way to isolate Hamas; which has proved itself able to regenerate even after many of its leaders have been killed.

“Total war in Gaza is causing civilian casualties but can't bring about the end of Hamas,’ he said in the interview Wednesday. “Factually, it’s a failure” He said he had been lobbying US President Donald Trump to press Israel again for a ceasefire, telling him “you have an important role to play — you who supports peace, who wants to bring peace to the world”

“You cannot stop the war if there is no path to peace,” the French president added.