French President Emmanuel Macron attends a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 17, 2025. Photo credit: Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron has named French-Israeli nationals Ofer Calderon and Ohad Yahalomi on the list of 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of a draft Israeli-Hamas ceasefire agreement. said.
“We are working tirelessly to ensure that they are reunited with their families,” Macron said in a message to X.
Thirty-three of the approximately 100 hostages remaining in Gaza will be released over the next six weeks in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel under an agreement announced on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) It is scheduled to be done.
The deal has not yet been approved by Israel’s security cabinet and government.
Mr Macron was visiting neighboring Lebanon on Friday (17 January 2025), as the country seeks to rebuild from the 14-month Israeli-Hezbollah war. He was scheduled to meet with leaders.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attend a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 17, 2025. Photo credit: Reuters
issued – January 17, 2025 6:39pm IST
