France to send second helicopter to assist aid to Gaza

A second French helicopter will be sent near the coast of the beseiged Gaza Strip, as part of Paris's efforts to help facilitate the provision of medical assistance to Palestinians under Israeli bombardment. 

Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu made the announcement Thursday on France Info radio while in Lebanon, where he was visiting the French unit of the UN mission in the country.

He said that France had passed messages to both Hezbollah and Israel urging them not to do anything that would jeopardise the mission's ability to carry out its work in Lebanon.