Gaza City – France’s consul to the Gaza Strip, his wife and 13-year-old daughter were injured during an Israeli air strike on Sunday night, French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.
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Valero told reporters the three were hit by shrapnel at their residence in Gaza, which is located 200 meters from the site of an Israeli missile attack, he added.
“France condemns the consequences of the raid,” he said. “While we are all for Israeli security, France recalls the utmost necessity to avoid civilian harm,” Valero said, without specifying the nature of their injuries.
The raid, which killed one policeman and wounded four others after Palestinian militants from the coastal territory fired a rocket into southern Israel, is likely to strain already difficult relations between Paris and Jerusalem.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reaffirm friendship despite what he refers to as their “differing views on the Middle East”.
Sarkozy’s comments, in a condolence message to Netanyahu for the death of his father-in-law, seemed to make an effort to try to clear the air a week after a reported gaffe this month at the G20 summit in Cannes, when he was overheard telling U.S. President Barack Obama he thought Netanyahu was “a liar”.
Why does France have normal diplomatic relations with a terrorist organization ?
Yeah, woke up now… They have a booboo? Why didn’t we hear till now?
How about France condemns every rocket attack!
I guess u dont mess with bibi and call him a liar…
What can we tell ya Frenchie…
אוי לרשע ואוי לשכנו
Guys, remember how when we bombed Tripoli in 1986 and the frenchies refused our brave the overflight privileges, then, when our brave arrived in Tripoli after many hours of flying around France and Spain, they bombed the french embassy… by mistake.
Fast forward to 2011. Sarkozi opens his sorry french mouth… ok, no need to draw parallels.
People, the family was there as a representative of another country. A 13 year girl was injured. Even if you think France should not send people to Gaza, it would not be a betrayal of your people to show some compassion for this family.
It’s no secret that these bloodtisty thugs don’t value life. It is well documented that they use ambulances to transport arms and soldiers, They fire from hospitals, mosques, churches, schools, daycare centers, and civillian residences. Anybody that decides to make their residence there, knows what the risks are, and that includes the French. If you lie down with dogs, you will wake up with fleas.