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Various organizations organize a march "against racism, Islamophobia, and the protection of all children," mixed with slogans in support of Palestinians, with thousands taking part in Paris. The courts have decided to suspend the prefectoral ban on this demonstration. IMAGES
Several hundred people gather at the Trocadero in Paris at the call of Crif, an organisation of groups representing the interests of French Jews, to call for the release of all Israeli hostages still held by Hamas, six months after the October 7 attacks. IMAGES
Images of several hundred demonstrators marching in Paris to denounce the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip almost six months after the start of the war. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Saturday that at least 32,000 people have been killed in the territory during the months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. It added that more than 75,000 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden warns Israel during his State of the Union address that it cannot use aid as a "bargaining chip" as he issued a call for an immediate, temporary ceasefire with Hamas in the bloody Gaza war. SOUNDBITE
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas receives US Secretary Antony Blinken in West Bank's Ramallah, as the US top diplomat is currently on his fifth crisis tour of the Middle East since the war in the Gaza Strip began. IMAGES
The head of French union Young Farmers Arnaud Gaillot said blockading Paris would be a "last resort", but urged the government to avoid "paralysing the country". Standing alongside the union FNSEA, Gaillot asserts that "the ball is in the government's court" whom it urged to avoid "paralysing the country". French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is due to make "concrete proposals" on Friday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. SOUNDBITE