France resumes Gaza evacuations

 France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech after a meeting with European partners to suggest a negotiated solution to end the conflict between Iran and Israel at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay) in Paris, France, June 19, 2025.After a three-month hiatus, France has resumed evacuations of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, diplomatic sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Done with little to no fanfare, the first of the new evacuations took place on October 26, with 20 French government scholarship holders exiting the Strip. Those permitted to exit Gaza were already on the scheduled evacuation list for August 6, which never went ahead.

These operations are being carried out under extremely difficult conditions on the ground and involve very high risks for both the evacuees and the people operating the convoys. They are also dependent on local authorizations that must be obtained in order to leave the enclave and then travel to France.

The sources noted that, despite their best efforts, not all the necessary authorizations could be obtained in time for the October 26 operation, and the number of people evacuated, unfortunately, had to be reduced. However, the French Consulate General in Jerusalem and the Crisis and Support Center in Paris remain fully mobilized to ensure that those who could not be evacuated can be in a future operation, as soon as conditions allow.

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