Live – French hostages in Gaza: “France does not abandon its children”, promises Emmanuel Macron

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More than three months after a bloody attack by Hamas in Israel, Emmanuel Macron has called for continued efforts by the Palestinian Islamist movement to secure the release of hostages still at large. Three French people are still missing.

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas reaches one hundred days, Emmanuel Macron promises in a video that “France is not abandoning its children”, and that “nothing gives” to free the hostages still in Gaza. “We will do everything, you can trust me, to bring them all home,” says the head of state.

“It is important to remember that we are fighting a war more than any other, a war that has been started by a bloodthirsty enemy, who has inhumanely killed innocent people. We will not forget, we will not forget and we will continue. Remind, even those who try to deny it,” Israeli Army Chief of Staff Harzi Halevi said Saturday. The Jewish state’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added, “No one will stop us, not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil, nor any other.”

“The massive death, destruction” and “suffering of the last hundred days” since the start of the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is “a stain on our common humanity”, declared Saturday the head of the aid agency for Palestinian refugees of the UN (UNRWA).

“It has been one hundred days since the start of this devastating war, killing and displacing people in Gaza, following horrific attacks against people in Israel by Hamas and other groups. It has been one hundred days of hardship and suffering for the hostages and their families,” Philip said in a press release. Criticizes Lazzarini.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas will enter its 100th day of war this Sunday, January 14. Since the October 7 terrorist attack by the Islamic movement on Hebrew soil, Israel has bombarded the Gaza Strip and its population. According to Israeli authorities, about 130 hostages are still being held by Hamas in the Palestinian territories.

A 24-hour rally is planned for this evening in Tel Aviv to commemorate the 100th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, which also marks the 100th day of Israeli hostage detention. According to a relative of the hostage, at its launch, a video message from Emmanuel Macron should be broadcast to everyone.

Hamas’ health ministry reported that 23,843 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between the Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7. Hamas also reported 60,317 wounded, while thousands were buried under the rubble. According to the same source, most of those killed were women, teenagers and children.

According to Hamas’s media office, 117 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7. At the site, journalists lack protection from the constant bombardment of the Israeli army, which appears to be indiscriminate according to the types of buildings.

The Israeli military said it had killed three attackers yesterday evening who attacked the Jewish settlement of Adora, in the occupied West Bank, as violence escalated on the sidelines of the war in Gaza. The attackers entered the settlement, located about 20 kilometers from Hebron, a major city in the southern West Bank, and opened fire on soldiers on patrol, the military said.

While residents of the settlement received a warning message from authorities ordering them to stay home due to a “terrorist intrusion”, “three attackers were identified and neutralized by security forces”, the Israeli army added.

This is the 99th day of war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attack. If before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Israel defended itself against the charge of genocide for its operations in the Gaza Strip, the bombing of Gaza continued during the following night. For its part, the UN accuses the Israeli army of limiting fuel supplies, particularly to hospitals.

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