MADRID 7 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, paid tribute this Monday to the victims of the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions and stated that the assaults left “a wounded humanity.” “.
“October 7. The pain remains, as vivid as a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of a wounded humanity,” the French president said in a message published on his online account. social
“We do not forget the victims, the hostages or the families whose hearts are broken by the absence or the wait,” said Macron, who sent the victims and their families the “fraternal thoughts” of the French authorities.
The October 7 attacks left nearly 1,200 dead and about 250 kidnapped, according to Israeli authorities. In response, the Israeli Army unleashed an offensive against the Gaza Strip that left almost 41,900 dead, in addition to around 725 Palestinian deaths in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The October 7 attacks, dubbed the ‘Al Aqsa Flood’ by Hamas and its allies, also led to the opening of the front on the border between Israel and Lebanon, now the target of an Israeli invasion. In addition, the Houthis and pro-Iran militias in Iraq have launched missiles and drones against Israel – which has carried out bombings against the territory of Lebanon, Syria and Yemen – in response to its offensive against Gaza.
On the other hand, Iran has carried out two drone and missile attacks against Israel in recent months in response to a bombing of its Consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the assassination of senior officials from Hamas, the militia party. Shiite Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which has raised fears of the possible outbreak of a large-scale war in the region.
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