more than 10,000 deaths in one month, including 39 French people

2023-11-04 13:50:00

The toll is increasing for the French in Israel. According to the latest count from the authorities, “France deplores the tragic deaths of new French nationals, which brings to 39 the number of French victims in the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas once morest Israel,” announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. French in a press release, specifying that “nine compatriots are still missing”, some of whom are hostages of Hamas.

“We are doing everything we can to obtain their release. We remain in constant contact with all the families of our nationals who have disappeared or been held hostage,” added the ministry.

Israel rejects humanitarian pause in Gaza, “catastrophic” situation on the ground

More than 1,400 Israeli deaths and 9,200 on the Palestinian side

Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, triggered on October 7 by the unprecedented attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil, more than 1,400 people have been killed, according to the Israeli authorities, the majority of them civilians on the day. of the Hamas attack, and more than 240 people were taken hostage.

In retaliation, Israel declared a war to “annihilate” Hamas, relentlessly shelling the Gaza Strip where 9,227 people, including 3,826 children, were killed, according to a latest report from Hamas on Friday.

Thirty-four French people accompanied by members of their families also left Gaza on Friday – where the French Cultural Institute was targeted by an Israeli strike – for Egypt via the Rafah border post, the French Minister of Defense declared on Friday. Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna.

On Saturday, around fifty other evacuations of French people are planned, declared on France Inter Olivier Becht, the Minister Delegate responsible in particular for Foreign Trade and French people abroad.

“We are ensuring the evacuation of our nationals in Gaza: 34 French people were able to leave yesterday, we are expecting around fifty today,” he said. “We are working to ensure that every French person who wishes to reach the national territory can be evacuated in the best possible security conditions. »