France condemns 'senseless violence' between Israel, Hamas

France has condemned on Saturday what it called a "senseless spiral of violence" between Hamas and Israel, after several days of deadly crossfire from both sides.

"We urge the parties to make every effort to break this spiral of senseless violence and killing, and to respect a lasting truce, " French Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Valero said in a statement. "France condemns the escalating violence that has resulted in recent days from a series of rockets and mortars fired into southern Israel, and Israeli military operations, " he added. (AFP)