The head of LFI deputies Mathilde Panot announced Tuesday that she would attend the tribute paid by Emmanuel Macron on February 7 in Paris to the French victims of the Hamas attacks on October 7 in Israel.
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I will be present (...) and I have asked that a tribute be paid to all the French victims of this war in the Middle East
,” announced the rebellious MP during a conference of press.
“
I believe we must pay tribute (...) to the Franco-Israelis and the Franco-Palestinians who died, whether in war crimes committed by Hamas or in war crimes committed by Netanyahu
,” she added.
“
On February 7, at the monument for the victims of terrorism
” located on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, “
I will pay tribute to these victims alongside their loved ones, their families and all those who want to join us there
” , Emmanuel Macron said last week.
More than 1,140 people killed on October 7
The Head of State recalled that France had “
lost 41 of its children
” in these attacks.
La France insoumise created controversy after the attacks of October 7, in particular by refusing to qualify Hamas as a “
terrorist
” group.
The Hamas attack, of unprecedented violence and scale in the country's history, led to the death of more than 1,140 people, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official data. Israelis.
In response, Israel launched an air and ground offensive on the small territory, which left more than 25,000 dead, the vast majority of them women, children and adolescents, according to a latest report from the Hamas Ministry of Health.