French Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christophe Lemoine stated that France opposes any form of annexation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Speaking at the ministry’s weekly press briefing, Lemoine responded to journalists' questions on current issues.

The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute sent a letter to Hungary, reminding Budapest of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes against humanity, referring to the killings of over 50,000 Palestinians in Gaza.

Sharing the letter on X, Paivi Kaukoranta, head of the assembly, stated that she sent a letter to Hungary on March 31 reminding all state parties of their obligations under the Rome Statute to arrest and surrender anyone subject to an ICC arrest warrant.

At least 29 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza City, local authorities said.

Gaza’s government media office said 18 children and one woman were among the victims, and more than 100 people were injured in the attack that targeted the Dar Al-Arqam School, where hundreds of civilians have taken refuge in the Tuffah neighbourhood.

A group of Israeli law experts has called for an investigation into a renewed assault on Gaza for suspicions of committing “war crimes” in the Palestinian enclave.

According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, 13 law experts demanded Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi to investigate renewed Israeli air strikes on Gaza on suspicion of committing war crimes.

Palestinian civil defence agency in Gaza said at least 25 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a school serving as a shelter for people displaced by the Israeli genocidal war on the besieged enclave.

Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the death toll had risen to 25, with more than 100 others wounded in the strike on Dar al-Arqam School in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, northeast of Gaza City.

Russia is pursuing efforts to shift the Mideast conflict onto a political track, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

Responding to a question from Anadolu about the future of Palestinian territories amid recent statements by Israeli officials about their intention to prevent the Palestinian Authority from controlling the occupied West Bank, Zakharova emphasized that the internationally approved solution for the conflict is based on the two-state formula -- Palestine within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and Israel.

The Yemeni Houthi group claimed to have shot down a US drone in western Yemen and attacked US Navy ships in the Red Sea, as Washington escalated its air strikes on the country.

A Houthi statement said that a surface-to-air missile downed an MQ-9 drone as it was carrying out “hostile” missions over the coastal province of Hudaida.

Lebanon called for international pressure on Israel to withdraw from all occupied Lebanese territories.

The appeal came during a meeting between Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji and Stefano Sannino, the European Commission’s Director-General for the Middle East and North Africa, who led an EU delegation.

Pakistan condemned Israel’s “blatant” violation of international law and humanitarian norms with its military operations in Gaza, including a plan to create new security corridors.

The Foreign Ministry criticised Israel’s continued “aggression and atrocities” in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israeli warplanes dropped leaflets on the town of Koya in southern Syria’s Daraa province, warning of the presence of “gunmen” in the area, witnesses said.

According to the witnesses, the leaflets warned against the movement of gunmen in the town, who Israel claimed were crossing the road leading to the Yarmouk Valley separating the two sides.