Emmanuel Macron paid a national tribute, Wednesday February 7, to the French people killed during the terrorist attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamas in Israel. “We are 68 million French people bereaved by the terrorist attacks of October 7”, declared the French president in the Cour des Invalides. The head of state denounced “the greatest anti-Semitic massacre of our century”.
Each victim was represented by a photograph. The families of the victims were also just like many French political figures. VShis ceremony, unprecedented outside Israel, four months to the day after the attacks perpetrated by Hamas, during which at least 1,160 people were killed, including 42 French people.
The Kaddish prayer for the dead to begin the tribute. The ceremony opened with the Kaddish prayer for the dead. The 55 families present were transported, many of them from Israel by a special flight. In Israel, the French tribute was broadcast on a giant screen on the “hostage square”, opposite the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.
A ceremonyou the sign of the “fight against anti-Semitism”. Dn the courtyard of honor of Les Invalides, a stone’s throw from the monument for the victims of terrorism, the ceremony is placed under the sign of “fight against anti-Semitism”, cardinal fight of the Republic according to the Elysée. The expected presence of several officials from La France insoumise (LFI), who refused to characterize the attack as “terrorist”is debated.