a 26-year-old Franco-Israeli could be detained by Hamas, according to an MP

This 26-year-old young man, originally from Bordeaux, took part in a rave party in the desert targeted by the attackers.

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Deputy Meyer Habib, elected in the constituency of French people living abroad including Israel, to the National Assembly, in Paris, November 28, 2022. (AMAURY CORNU / HANS LUCAS / AFP)

His family has not heard from him. A 26-year-old Franco-Israeli could have been kidnapped by Hamas on Saturday morning in the south of Israel, at the start of the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement, announced Sunday, October 8, MP Meyer Habib, elected in the French constituency. from abroad including Israel. “Premature information”however, immediately clarified French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, on BFMTV.

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“A 26-year-old Frenchman, Avidan T, originally from Bordeaux, was undoubtedly kidnapped in the south of Israel by Hamas while he was participating in the music festival”a rave party in the desert targeted by the attackers, wrote the MP on the X platform. “He could be detained by terrorists. His family, his father, with whom I spoke at length, have no further news of him” since Saturday morning, he added.

Meyer Habib told AFP that he had informed the French authorities of concerns regarding this French national who lived in Israel and who had been able to send “a message of distress” to his family Saturday morning. The government has so far not reported French victims during this attack of unprecedented scale which targeted Israel on Saturday and left hundreds dead while Israelis were detained by Hamas.


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