US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits France. He held talks with French Foreign Minister Séjournet and Defense Minister Le Corny that day.
Key issues discussed by Blinken with the French during this visit are the situation in Gaza and the crisis in Ukraine. Blinken will also visit the UNESCO headquarters in Paris that day and meet with UNESCO Director-General Azoulay, according to French media reports. The Palestinian side said on the 2nd that an Israeli army airstrike on the central city of Deir el-Bayrah in the Gaza Strip on the 1st killed seven staff members of the charity organization "World Central Kitchen"