Egypt, France, Jordan call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

France’s top diplomat Stephane Sejourne has said that his government will put forward a draft resolution at the UN Security Council setting out a “political” settlement of the Gaza war.

Speaking at a press conference in Cairo, he said the text will include “all the criteria for a two-state solution” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the peace blueprint long championed by the international community but opposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition, The Times of Israel reports.

Sejourne was speaking alongside the Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers and together they called for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza and the release of all hostages held by Palestinian terrorists since the October 7 massacre.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that Gaza “can endure no more destruction and humanitarian suffering,” and called on Israel to open its land crossings with the Gaza Strip to humanitarian aid.

Nearly all aid into the territory has trickled through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, where world leaders and the United Nations have accused Israel of impeding deliveries due to security inspections.

Israel has blamed the UN and other aid agencies for the crisis and has argued the hold-up of the humanitarian assistance is on their side.

Channel 12 reported on March 28 that France was circulating a UN Security Council draft resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and recognition of a Palestinian state.

The draft also includes a condemnation of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, unlike the resolution that passed earlier this week, and a call for the release of the hostages taken from Israel on October 7, according to the report.