28/01/2009 France has summoned Israel's ambassador to protest after Israeli troops fired warning shots as European diplomats were blocked at a Gaza crossing, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
A diplomatic convoy carrying France's consul general was halted by Israeli troops at the Erez border crossing on Tuesday and held for six hours as it tried to leave the Gaza Strip and return to Jerusalem, a spokesman said. "The convoy, which included other European diplomats, was subject to two warning shots from Israeli soldiers," French spokesman Eric Chevallier said.
 
France’s President Nicholas Sarkozy described Israel’s war on Gaza as “disproportionate reaction”. Israel killed more than 1,300 people, including at least 350 children in Gaza in 22 days. However, France never summoned the Israeli Ambassador over the war on Gaza.