Anthony Albanese said Australia will not join France's move to recognise the state of Palestine as he condemned Israel's blockade on aid into Gaza. (Dominic Lorrimer) Palestinians carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid,

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Tuesday issued a sharp condemnation of Israel's expanding military operations in the Gaza Strip. "The humanitarian situation in Gaza is disgraceful, it is a scandal that must be ended immediately,

As hunger tightens its grip on Gaza, local journalists documenting the crisis are now starving alongside the people they cover.

France will recognize a Palestinian state in the next United Nations General Assembly in September, The Associated Press reported Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron said in a Thursday X post that he would formalize the decision in the coming assembly,

The Society of Journalists at AFP warns that Gaza-based freelancers face absolute poverty and health deterioration, with one photographer lacking strength to work.

French news agency Agence France-Presse called on the Israeli government to allow its freelance journalists to leave the Gaza Strip because of worsening hunger.