Overview
- President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will formally recognize the State of Palestine at the U.N. General Assembly in September, making it the first G-7 country to do so.
- Médecins Sans Frontières reports that one in four children and pregnant or breastfeeding women screened in Gaza are malnourished, highlighting a deepening humanitarian emergency.
- Ceasefire talks in Qatar collapsed after U.S. and Israeli delegations withdrew, accusing Hamas of lacking good faith in negotiations.
- Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin condemned France’s decision as a ‘direct aid to terrorism’, while Palestinian Authority official Hussein al-Sheikh welcomed it as support for self-determination.
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has indicated he will back recognition only after a ceasefire is secured on the ground.