Several special flights will be organized Friday, October 13 and Saturday, October 14 between Israel and France to allow nationals who have not yet found a commercial flight to return to the national territory, announced Thursday the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Vulnerable people (unaccompanied minors and pregnant women in particular), with disabilities or in a medical situation with a particular emergency, will be given priority, "says the Quai d'Orsay, which assures to work "with Air France to resume its commercial flights as soon as possible".
A first special Air France flight to repatriate French people will leave Tel Aviv on Thursday at 16:40 (14:40 GMT) for an arrival at 20:35 (18:35 GMT) at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. Dozens of foreigners have been killed, taken hostage or disappeared since the Islamist movement Hamas' attack on Israel on Saturday.
At least 12 French dead and 17 missing
The war unleashed by the Hamas offensive has left thousands dead and nearly 150 hostages. At least 12 French nationals have died in Israel and 17 others are missing, including several children "probably abducted" by Hamas, according to the government.
France, through its President Emmanuel Macron, strongly condemned the "terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas" and affirmed its "full support" for Israel, as well as its "attachment" to its "right to defend itself".
The head of state, accompanied by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, was due to meet at midday with the leaders of the 11 parties represented in Parliament, as well as the presidents of the Senate, the National Assembly and the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, to discuss the situation "following the terrorist acts committed in Israel". He will then address the French people in a televised address at 20:00 p.m.