During the attack launched by Palestinian Hamas this Saturday against Israel, at least 150 people were taken hostage according to the charge d’affaires at the Israeli embassy in France.
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“Going to free the hostages in Gaza is something extremely difficult”warned General Dominique Trinquand, former head of the French military mission to the UN, on Sunday October 8 on franceinfo, after the massive attack carried out by Hamas in Israel. “And I think that’s what Hamas is counting on to make the war last,” he explains.
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“A fight inside Gaza is almost mission impossible for the Israeli army. So we are going to approach a phase which will be much longer, in which there will be destruction and negotiations to try to free as much as possible hostages”analyzed General Dominique Trinquand.
Since the start of the Palestinian movement’s attack on Israel, “at least 150 hostages” have been identified, according to the charge d’affaires at the Israeli embassy in France Raphaël Morav.