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From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 7, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 7, 2024
France’s Macron pays tribute to October 7 victims, families
France's President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference at the end of closing session of the 19th Summit of the Francophonie at the Grand Palais in Paris, on October 5, 2024. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the victims of the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel, on the first anniversary of the massacre in which some some 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
“The pain remains, as vivid as it was a year ago. The pain of the Israeli people. Ours. The pain of wounded humanity,” he says in an English-language post on the social media platform X, also posting in Hebrew and French.
“We do not forget the victims, the hostages, or the families with broken hearts from absence or waiting. I send them our fraternal thoughts,” he writes.
