French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, October 20 met via video call with the families of people taken hostage in the Israel-Palestinians conflict.
Twenty-eight French nationals were killed in the October 7 attack by Hamas, while seven remain missing, according to the most recent figures given by the French foreign ministry.
Israel leveled a northern Gaza district on Friday after giving families a half-hour warning to escape, and hit an Orthodox Christian church where others had been sheltering, as it made clear that a command to invade Gaza was expected soon.
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will be attending a meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue in Egypt on Saturday, October 21, a French diplomatic source said on Friday.
Colonna had already travelled to Cairo, Beirut and Israel last week as Paris looks to reduce the risk of an escalation across the region.
Diplomatic sources said there was still a possibility that President Emmanuel Macron would attend the meeting.
(Inputs from Reuters)