France pays homage to victims of Hamas’s October 7 attack in Israel

French Republican Guards hold portraits of the French victims of the October 7 2023 Hamas attack, during a ceremony at the Invalides monument (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims of Hamas’s October 7 attack in Israel in a national ceremony held four months after what he described as the century’s “largest antisemitic massacre”.

The ceremony paid homage to 42 French citizens who died in the attack and three hostages still believed to be held by Hamas and other militants in Gaza.