2023-10-25 16:41:33
“My goal was to stop the escalation.” Emmanuel Macron took stock of his tour of the Middle East, Wednesday October 25, in Cairo, before leaving for France. “We have a collective responsibility (…) I hope to have convinced everyone”affirmed the Head of State while defending his international coalition initiative for peace, following his meeting with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi. “There are no plans at all to send French soldiers to the Gaza Strip,” said the head of state. Follow our live stream.
French support for Gaza. “A French plane will land tomorrow [en Egypte] to deliver medical equipment” in the Gaza Strip, announced Emmanuel Macron. “Others will follow”, added the head of state. Moreover, “a ship of the national navy” will leave “Toulon in the next 48 hours” in order to provide assistance to Gazan hospitals.
A tribute to the French victims. A ceremony honoring the French victims of Hamas attacks will be organized in France, France Télévisions learned from the president’s entourage. The date, location and modalities are still being considered. Thirty French people were killed during Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israel on October 7 and nine are still missing.
The story of a former Israeli hostage. Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, released by Hamas, told Tel Aviv that she “went through hell” during his kidnapping. She says she was “taken on a motorbike (…) my body on one side and my legs on the other”Then “beaten on the way”taken to “a network of tunnels” before being “well treated” by his captors in the Gaza Strip, with a visit from a doctor.
Israel and Hamas communicate human tolls. The Israeli authorities, in their latest report, declare that more than 1,400 people died on Israeli territory during the Hamas attack. The Hamas Health Ministry, for its part, claims that more than 6,546 people were killed in Israeli strikes, the majority civilians. On either side, these assessments have not been verified by an independent source.
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