France says it regrets the end of a truce between Israel and Hamas militants, and calls for its restoration.

“Rupture of the truce is very bad news, regrettable, because it brings no solution and complicates the resolution of all questions that arise,” Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on the sidelines of the UN’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

She called a truce resumption “essential”.

“We ask that the truce be resumed. It’s necessary,” Colonna said. “It’s essential at the same to continue to free hostages who have now been for 55 days in extremely difficult conditions, to enable more humanitarian aid to arrive, and to be able to distribute it inside the Gaza Strip where the civilian population is suffering.”