A group of journalists at Agence France-Presse is sounding the alarm about conditions faced by their colleagues working in Gaza, saying that without immediate intervention, the last reporters working there will die.

French news agency Agence France-Presse called on the Israeli government to allow its freelance journalists to leave the Gaza Strip because of worsening hunger.

Top diplomat says he hopes to help evacuate some Palestinian reporters as French news agency warns its Gazan partners are in danger of starvation

Journalists in Gaza, working for international agencies like AFP, face severe safety concerns and lack of basic necessities amid ongoing conflict. The Agence France-Presse has highlighted the struggle of their local teams and is working to evacuate them.

The signatories included the foreign ministers of about 20 European countries as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and the European Union commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management.

Dozens of western nations, including France, called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza on Monday as Israel launched fresh attacks on the central city of Deir el-Balah. The countries' joint

Britain and more than 20 other countries called on Monday for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and criticised the Israeli government's aid delivery model after hundreds of Palestinians were killed near sites distributing food.

A major news agency has pleaded for its contributors to be evacuated from Gaza amid fears they could starve to death during the strip’s humanitarian crisis and blockade.