The president of France, remembered today the hostages of the Palestinian Islamist group in Gaza, among whom there are three French citizens, as this weekend marks 100 days of their captivity and stressed that negotiations must be “resumed again and again” until a release is achieved.

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In a brief video message broadcast through social networks, Macron stressed that “France does not abandon its children” and his determination to ensure that all those kidnapped by Hamas return to their homes.

“That is why it is necessary to resume negotiations for his release again and again,” he stressed. Macronwho stressed that “we do not and will not accept any sacrifice.”

The kidnappings were carried out on October 7 in a major Hamas attack against Israel that left 1,200 dead and triggered a bloody escalation of the conflict with Palestine.

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Total, 41 people with French nationality died In these terrorist acts, according to French Government figures, and until the truce between the two sides at the end of November, which allowed the release of several dozen kidnapped people, there were 8 French captives in Gaza.

On November 27, three of them, all children, were released and, three days later, a woman.

Last December, however, the death of another French citizen, Elia Toledano, was confirmed, bringing the current number of people considered still hostages of French nationality is three.



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