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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
French ambassador lays flowers by casket of murdered French-Israeli hostage
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
At the funeral of murdered Israeli hostage Ohad Yahalomi, France’s Ambassador to Israel Frédéric Journès lays flowers by the casket of the dual French-Israeli national.
Yahalomi, who was killed in Hamas captivity, was buried in Kibbutz Nahal Oz today after his body was returned from Gaza by the Hamas terror group last week.
The French Embassy in Israel shares on X a photo of the ambassador at the funeral, sharing France’s condolences over “our fellow countryman.”
“To his family and loved ones, we once again express our deepest sorrow,” the post continues.
Upon confirmation of Yahalomi’s death last week, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X that “the barbaric acts of Hamas must end” and that “France lost 50 of its children in the infamy of October 7.”
הבוקר, שגריר צרפת בישראל, פרדריק ז'ורנס, והקונסול הכללי של צרפת בתל אביב, מתיו קלובל, חלקו כבוד אחרון לבן עמנו אוהד יהלומי.
למשפחתו וליקיריו, אנו שבים ומביעים את כאבנו העמוק. pic.twitter.com/HecyZNV6dj
— La France en Israël (@franceenisrael) March 5, 2025
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