“Committed to the security of Israel, France today mobilized its military resources in the Middle East to counter the Iranian threat,” the Elysée announced this Wednesday, October 2 after missile launches by Iran against Israel. Hebrew State.
France helped Israel face the “Iranian threat”. In a press release published at the end of a Defense Council, the Élysée announced that Paris “mobilized its military resources in the Middle East” this Tuesday, October 1 when missiles were fired from Iran towards the State Hebrew. An attack “condemned” by Emmanuel Macron.
The French president also demanded that “Hezbollah cease its terrorist actions against Israel and its population”, recalling that France is “committed to the security of Israel”.
Jean-Noël Barrot will travel to the Middle East
He also asked the Israeli authorities to “put an end as quickly as possible” to their “military operations”, calling more broadly “all actors involved in the crisis in the Middle East” to “show the greatest restraint”.
France “will very soon organize a conference in support of the Lebanese people and their institutions”, announced the presidency without further details in this text published overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. She also reports that Emmanuel Macron asked the head of French diplomacy Jean-Noël Barrot to “visit the Middle East again”.
After a trip to Beirut a few days ago, he “will consult all those who have a role to play in beginning de-escalation and finding lasting solutions to the current crisis in all its aspects, particularly with regard to the situation in Lebanon and in Gaza.
Iran fired around 180 missiles into Israeli territory on Tuesday to avenge the deaths of its allies, the leaders of Lebanese Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas. After a week of Israeli strikes that left hundreds dead in Lebanon, Israel warned that the war was not over against the Lebanese movement. On Tuesday evening, Israel and its American ally threatened to retaliate against the Iranian attack.
