During his speech at 8 p.m., Thursday October 12, Emmanuel Macron announced the death of a 13th French national, after the Hamas attack on Israel. “Never since the Nice attack in 2016 have so many French people been murdered by terrorists.” recalled the head of state. The latter also denounced the “mistake” of those who “confuse the Palestinian cause and the justification of terrorism.”
Seventeen Missing French people. Earlier, Anne-Claire Legendre, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said she was “without news of 17 compatriots whose disappearance is considered very worrying”. Among these 17 French people missing after the Hamas attack in Israel, are four children.
Party leaders received by Emmanuel Macron. The oppositions have made their positions on this war known to the president. “We asked the head of state not to align France with the Israeli government,” declared the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, as he left the Elysée. For the boss of the PS, France must “keep a word that allows one to express oneself towards the Arab world and the Israeli world.” On the far right, the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella denounced against the “Red carpet” carried out according to him by France “in Qatar”, “financial support of Hamas”. The president of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti, asked the government “determined action for the release of the hostages” detained by the Islamist movement.
The first French repatriated. A first special flight chartered by Air France to repatriate French people from Israel, particularly the most “vulnerable”, flew from Tel Aviv at 4:40 p.m. to arrive around 9 p.m. in Paris. The passengers were welcomed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna. According to French diplomacy, several other “special flights” are scheduled for Friday and Saturday.