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French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné warned officials during a visit to Beirut on Tuesday that Israel is threatening to wage war on its northern neighbour to return citizens displaced by cross-border fire, Lebanon's foreign minister said. Israel’s evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip now cover two-thirds of the territory, said United Nations humanitarian monitors, adding that more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people is now crammed into the town of Rafah. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war.