Italy has announced that it will restore the funding for the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) months after it suspended aid to the agency over Israel's allegations linking UN staff to the October 7 attack, Al Jazeera reported.
Following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order for Israel to halt its operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Israel called the order "outrageous, morally repugnant and disgusting", adding that the accusations it is committing genocide in Gaza "are false", reported Al Jazeer
During the talks, Biden expressed full commitment to support efforts to reopen the Rafah crossing with arrangements acceptable to Egypt and Israel and agreed to send a senior team to Cairo next week for further discussions.
The UAE welcomed the decision of the International Court of Justice to impose additional provisional measures on Israel, demanding an immediate halt to military operations in Rafah governorate, and the exacerbation of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
Israel recovered the bodies of three hostages from a tunnel shaft in the northern Gaza area of Jabalya, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday morning.
The two sides discussed developments in the Middle East, mechanisms to enhance the response to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, and ways to provide sustainable support to civilians in the Strip.
Amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the opening of an embassy in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, Al Jazeera reported quoting his Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo.
Following the dialogue, Foreign Minister Sejourne clarified France's position and said that France rejects the comparison made by the prosecutor between the state of Israel, which is a democratic country, and the terrorist organization Hamas.