The president of France Emmanuel Macron announced today that “injured or sick Gazan children in need of urgent care can be treated in France if this is ‘useful and necessary'”, assuring that France is ready to receive 50 patients in its hospitals.

In a message posted on Twitter (X), Emmanuel Macron states that France is mobilizing all the means at its disposal, mainly by air, so that these children can be transported and treated in France.

The French president referred to his arrival in Egypt earlier this week helicopter carrier Dixmudewhich has been converted into a floating hospital with a capacity of 40 beds for the treatment of serious cases and the transfer of the injured, if necessary, to hospitals.

Another French air force aircraft will also transport more than 10 tons of medical aid and two mobile medical units to treat 500 seriously injured each at the beginning of the week.

“Humanitarian aid must arrive as quickly and safely as possible. For this reason, we need to achieve an immediate humanitarian pause that will lead to a ceasefire,” wrote Emmanuel Macron.