President set to meet Netanyahu, Herzog and others while stressing need for 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza; is also expected to travel to Ramallah to meet PA's Abbas

Yael Braun-Pivet says Jean-Luc Melenchon used antisemitic Holocaust imagery in criticism of her solidarity trip in the wake of the devastating Hamas assault

French president to follow other Western leaders who have visited Jewish state after deadly Hamas assault on October 7, in which 30 French citizens were killed and 7 went missing

France's Jewish community badly hit by Hamas's massacre, with 19 killed and 13 missing; Jewish students union says not only Jews targeted, but ideas of freedom and democracy

Turkish FM says matter being discussed with Hamas, touts efforts to forge peace; French embassy says president wants to come to Israel soon; China's Mideast envoy also set to visit

Daniele Obono of France Unbowed (LFI) insists Hamas a resistance movement; Spain defends ministers who panned Israeli Gaza strikes, including one who called them 'planned genocide'

Lawmakers from delegation, which includes former prime minister, say Paris won't tie Israel's hands and will support Jerusalem for as long as it needs to topple Hamas

French-Israeli Meyer Habib says Paris must hold terror group responsible for hostages' safety, names Avidan T., 26, as among those kidnapped from Re'im rave

US, Germany, other EU states denounce proposed legislation to limit donations to human rights groups, prompting Netanyahu, Foreign Ministry to consider postponement, report says

State Department says human rights organizations 'should have space to raise resources' worldwide; NIF bashes 'government of extremists' as coalition weighs bill to impose 65% tax