DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — 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.

On the sidelines of the in New York, French President Emmanuel Macron told France 24 his country had recognized 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.

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