President Emmanuel Macron will receive, this Wednesday, September 10, the families of hostages held in Gaza, while his initiative in favor of the recognition of a Palestinian State is criticized by the Israeli authorities, ethics announced.
The Head of State will say “the sadness and compassion of France after the barbarian acts committed by the Hamas terrorist group on October 7, 2023 in Israel” and its “unwavering support for the families of the hostages”, “held in inhuman conditions for more than 700 days,” said the presidency.
“It will specify that France, with its partners and as part of the initiatives that it has launched, does everything possible to reach the release of all hostages still retained, in support of the mediation efforts of Qatar, Egyptian and American,” he added.
Guy Gilboa Dalal, Guy Iluz’s father, Nimrod Cohen and Evyatar David, will be present.
On Friday, Hamas broadcast a video by Guy Gilboa Dalal, 22 years old at the time of his kidnapping. We see it in a car that moves between destroyed buildings. In early August, Evyatar David, 24, appeared, very weakened, in another video published by the Palestinian Islamist movement.
Tensions between France and Israel
The Head of State has already spoken several times with the families of the French hostages and the victims affected by the attacks of October 7. Eight hostages with French nationality had been withdrawn on October 7, 2023. Three of them died and five were released.
At the end of July, Emmanuel Macron announced that France would recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September. In the process, more than a dozen Western countries, including Canada, Australia and Belgium, have asked other nations of the world to do the same.
This decision caused a crisis between Israel and France, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Emmanuel Macron “of feeding the anti -Semitic fire” in his country.
Tensions are getting worse with the International Conference on Palestine that Emmanuel Macron will be located with the Saudi heir prince Mohammed Ben Salmane on September 22 in New York, before the United Nations General Assembly.
The Israeli government has declared the French president persona non grata In Israel, as long as he will not return to his decision to recognize a Palestinian state. The October 7 attack caused the death of 1,219 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data.
Israeli reprisals caused at least 64,300 dead in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, placed under the authority of Hamas, but whose data is considered reliable by the UN.
Of the 251 people kidnapped during the attack on Hamas in Israel, 47 are still preserved in the Palestinian territory, 25 of which died according to the Israeli army.
Source: BFM TV
