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Macron mourns victims of October 7 attacks
The French president paid tributes to the victims of Hamas’s October 7 attack in a post on X.
“The pain remains, as vivid as it was a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of wounded humanity,” he wrote. “We do not forget the victims, the hostages, or the families with broken hearts from absence or waiting. I send them our fraternal thoughts.”
Macron on Sunday spoke to Netanyahu and reaffirmed France’s “unwavering commitment” to Israel’s security and insisted on a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, according to his office.
October 7.
The pain remains, as vivid as it was a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of wounded humanity.
We do not forget the victims, the hostages, or the families with broken hearts from absence or waiting. I send them our fraternal thoughts.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 7, 2024
France foreign minister attends October 7 attack memorial in Israel
Jean-Noel Barrot has attended a ceremony in southern Israel to commemorate the October 7 Hamas attack.
Barrot will meet his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, before heading to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. He will also make a statement in Reim in the presence of the families of the French victims of the attack.
The Israeli government’s relationship with France took a turn at the weekend when French President Emmanuel Macron called for a halt of arms deliveries to Israel because of the relentless bombing of Gaza, and after it launched a military operation against Lebanon.
Israelis gather to pay tribute to Nova festival victims
Israelis are paying tribute to the 364 people killed at the Nova festival exactly one year ago.
Families of the victims will observe a moment of silence to mark the moment Hamas fighters launched their attack on the site. Forty-four people were taken captive from there by Palestinian groups.
Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports from Amman, Jordan, as Al Jazeera is banned from reporting in Israel and the occupied West Bank:
Netanyahu says Israel ‘obligated’ to bring the captives home
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to bring back all captives in Gaza as Israel marks the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack.
“On this day, in this place, and in many places across our country, we remember our dead, our hostages, whom we are obligated to bring back and our heroes who fell in defence of the homeland and the nation. We went through a terrible massacre a year ago,” Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.
Netanyahu and West Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion also visited the October 7 memorial for civilians and soldiers who have died since that date.
“As the months of war taught us well, our strength is in our unity. Only together will we win,” Netanyahu said.
