Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
France says 21 of its citizens killed, 11 missing after Hamas onslaught against Israel
Israeli soldiers survey the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
France’s foreign ministry says it has confirmed the deaths of 21 French citizens in the Hamas attacks on Israel.
The ministry says 11 French citizens are missing.
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking during a visit to Albania, says his government is doing “everything possible” for the release of French and other hostages held in Gaza.
“This difficult moment for the Israeli people, the Palestinian civilians, for the whole region shows that the [unresolved] issue there is a political one which cannot be solved without a peaceful process,” Macron says.
