Macron: France to send navy ship to support Gaza hospitals

French President Emmanuel Macron said France is sending a navy ship to “support” hospitals in the Gaza Strip, which are struggling to function due to the lack of fuel and medical supplies.

The ship is set to leave the French coastal city of Toulon “in the next 48 hours,” Macron said Wednesday as he pledged that France would be “fully involved in securing access to medicines and care” for the people in the Gaza Strip. According to French channel BFMTV, the ship is a French helicopter carrier called the Tonnerre.

Speaking alongside the Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the French president pushed back against accusations that France had “double-standards” in its approach to Israel’s war against Hamas.