A diplomatic row has erupted between Israel and France after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fuelling "the anti-Semitic fire" in France by moving ahead with plans to recognise Palestinian statehood, Al Jazeera reported.

The French president's office quickly responded on Tuesday, rejecting Netanyahu's accusations as "abject" and "erroneous", and said they "will not go unanswered".

"This is a time for seriousness and responsibility, not for conflation and manipulation," the French presidency stated, while stressing that France "protects and will always protect its Jewish citizens". It added that "violence against the [French] Jewish community is intolerable," according to Al Jazeera.

Responding to Netanyahu's letter, French deputy minister for European affairs Benjamin Haddad said that France had "no lessons to learn in the fight against anti-Semitism". He added that the issue, "which is poisoning our European societies", must not be "exploited", Al Jazeera reported.

In his letter, Netanyahu wrote to Macron, "Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement. It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas's refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace French Jews and encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets."

Netanyahu also criticised Australia, accusing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of being "a weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia's Jews". The Albanese government had recently announced its intention to recognise Palestinian statehood and cancelled the visa of Israeli politician Simcha Rothman, whose ultranationalist party is part of Netanyahu's governing coalition, Al Jazeera reported.

A few hours later, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said he had revoked the visas of Australia's representatives to the Palestinian Authority. "I also instructed the Israeli Embassy in Canberra to carefully examine any official Australian visa application for entry to Israel," Saar said.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong called Israel's decision to revoke visas for its diplomats an "unjustified reaction". She added that Netanyahu's government was "isolating Israel and undermining international efforts towards peace and a two-state solution".

Last week, Albanese said Netanyahu was "in denial" about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Meanwhile, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokesman Jens Laerke stated that Israel had stopped shelter supplies, including tents, from entering Gaza for about five months, leaving more than 700,000 displaced people without proper shelter.

UN Human Rights Office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan warned that Israel's military control of Gaza City could cause "mass displacement and more and more killings and more misery," adding that "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians were being forced to move south to al-Mawasi, an area declared by Israel as a "safe zone" but which it continues to bomb.