Macron calls for de-escalation in talk with Netanyahu
The French president Emmanuel Macron told Israeli prime minister to avoid a cycle of retaliation, following a similar conversation with the Iranian president Wednesday.
Macron told Netanyahu the "logic of de-escalation "should apply to all parties in the region," according to the official report of the phone conversation.
He also reiterated that France's "absolute urgency" is an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages, as well as delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.








