“Stop killing children is becoming a radical demand
,” she lamented on the César stage, after paying tribute in particular to the Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny, who died a week ago, and to the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange who is waiting to know if British justice will grant him a last appeal against his extradition to the United States.
“The massacre must stop”
in Gaza, she continued.
“It’s so horrible and no one can say they didn’t know.
“It’s the first live-screen massacre, live on our phones
,” underlined the 46-year-old director.
Olfa's Daughters
, which traces the life of a Tunisian mother confronted with the radicalization of two of her daughters, was in competition at the last Cannes festival.
The unprecedented Hamas attack on Israeli territory on October 7 resulted in the deaths of 1,160 people, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli data.
In retaliation, Israel vowed to wipe out the Palestinian Islamist movement, which took power in Gaza in 2007 and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union.
The Israeli military offensive has left 29,514 dead in Gaza, the vast majority of them civilians, according to the latest report on Friday from the Hamas Ministry of Health.