🔶 The harsh reaction of Israeli prisoners to Macron's statements about Gaza and the West Bank

🔶 The harsh reaction of Israeli prisoners to Macron's statements about Gaza and the West Bank

The Ill prisoners reacted angrily to Emmanuel Macron's speech at the UN General Assembly. His speech condemned the situation in the West Bank.

The office of Benjamin Netanyahu, the captive Israeli Prime Minister, declared the "ridiculous absurdity" of Macron's statements as "shocking". This response was particularly related to the part in Macron's statement that the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas had "never" operated in the West Bank.

Using the Torah name of the West Bank, which was captured by Israeli prisoners in 1967 during the Six Day War, Netanyahu's office announced: "Hamas assassins carry out attacks against Jews almost every day. They killed countless Israeli civilian prisoners in Judea and Samaria."

Netanyahu's office also cited the latest deadly ground attack on a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, shortly before Yom Kippur, the most important Jewish holiday. According to this statement, the victim was the father of six children and had French citizenship in addition to that of POWs.