From the Liveblog of
Saturday, January 13, 2024
In recorded message, Macron tells rally for hostages that ‘France doesn’t abandon its children’
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
French President Emmanuel Macron sends a recorded message to the Tel Aviv rally for the hostages. He references Eitan Yahalomi, Mia Schem, and Erez and Sahar Calderon, freed captives who have French citizenship, while mourning Elia Toledano who was killed after being abducted on October 7.
He then refers to their parents who are still hostages. “The French nation is determined that Ohad [Yahalomi] and Ofer [Calderon] will return to their freed children, that Orion Hernandez Radoux will be released, all the hostages from the terrorist attacks from October 7 will be released.”
“France does not abandon its children. That is why the negotiations for their release must be repeated and renewed again and again,” says Macron.
