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French FM says Paris will donate 200,000 euros to Israeli rape crisis center
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
France will donate 200,000 euros to the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné announces during a visit to Jerusalem.
He says it will help Hamas victims deal with sexual violence and sexual crimes committed on 7 October.
Past French foreign minister Catherine Colonna met with ARCCI president Orit Sulitzeanu in December at the IDF Shura military base, where the bodies of October 7 victims are identified before burial.