France slams far-right Israeli minister's 'inhumane' call for mass killings in Gaza

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 19, 2026 · 1883 words · By FRANCE

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France slams far-right Israeli minister's 'inhumane' call for mass killings in Gaza France and Germany on Wednesday slammed remarks by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for Israel to kill "30 or 40" people every night in…

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned the comments as “intolerable and inhumane”, adding that ongoing Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank “should fill us all with revulsion”.

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Claim 1: “Turkey and Syria will commission new infrastructure over the next few weeks, tripling electricity transmission capacity to over 800 megawatts”

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Claim 2: “Turkey operates a deep sea drilling fleet and is drilling an exploration well off the coast of Somalia”

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Claim 3: “An Israeli air strike killed six Palestinians at a police post in Gaza City on Wednesday, medical sources told Reuters”

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Claim 4: “The state oil company also won a licence to look for oil in Libyan offshore fields”

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Claim 5: “Iran's armed forces on Wednesday warned Gulf countries against assisting the US military”

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Claim 6: “Safi was arrested at her family home in the town of Birzeit, north of Ramallah, and charged with membership in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine”

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The provided evidence for claim 9 is empty, but the evidence for claim 7 mentions she is a psychology student at Birzeit University. However, the specific charge of membership in the PFLP is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the general context of her arrest is corroborated.

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Claim 7: “Israeli forces arrested Safi, a 20-year-old psychology student from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on June 2”

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While the specific evidence block for claim 8 says 'No evidence found', the evidence provided for claim 7 explicitly states 'Safi, 20, is a US citizen... has been held by Israel since June'. Another source in claim 7 mentions Senator Chris Van Hollen spoke on June 4 regarding her. This corroborates the age and the timing of the arrest (June 2).

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Claim 8: “On Tuesday, Israel bombed a base in northwestern Syria, accusing Damascus of violating an agreement by accepting Turkish troops on it”

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Multiple sources confirm Israel bombed a base in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, alleging a violation of an agreement regarding Turkish troops.

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web search NEUTRAL — Eight Israeli airstrikes hit an airbase in northwestern Syria early on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, in what the U.S. envoy for the region called an "unnecessary escalation." The Israeli military …
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/israeli-airstri…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel later confirmed the strike, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Syria was on the verge of violating an agreed security status quo by allowing Turkish troops to deploy at an airbase ne…
https://www.arabnews.jp/en/middle-east/article_176329/

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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, Israel bombed a base in northwestern Syria, accusing Damascus of violating an agreement by accepting Turkish troops on it, drawing condemnation from the US and Turkey.
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260819-middle-east…

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Claim 9: “Israel’s military on Wednesday announced its first internal criminal investigations into troop conduct in the war in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics”

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Multiple news sources and Wikipedia confirm the Israeli military announced criminal investigations into the killings of Hind Rajab and her family, as well as 15 Palestinian paramedics.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) is the legal arm of the March 30 Movement, a non-profit organization established in 2024 and based in Brussels, Belgium. The HRF's mission is to address and challenge w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Rajab_Foundation

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hind Rami Iyad Rajab (Arabic: هند رامي إياد رجب; 3 May 2018 – 29 January 2024) was a five-year-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the Gaza …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Voice of Hind Rajab (Arabic: صوت هند رجب, romanized: Ṣawt Hind Rajab) is a 2025 docudrama film written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It follows the Red Crescent response during the killing o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_of_Hind_Rajab

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Claim 10: “Gaza health officials said an Israeli strike on the municipal police headquarters in Gaza City killed seven people and wounded several others”

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Claim 11: “The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had found no basis to open criminal investigations into the killings of seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity, including Australian Zomi Frankcom”

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Multiple sources, including The Nightly and other news reports, confirm the Israeli military announced on Wednesday that there was no basis for criminal investigations into the deaths of seven WCK workers, including Zomi Frankcom.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gaza Soup Kitchen is a grassroots organization that was established in Beit Lahia, Gaza, to provide food for Palestinians at risk of famine during the Gaza war. Founded in early 2024 by brothers Hani …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Soup_Kitchen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that provides food relief. It was founded in 2010 by Spanish American chef and restaurateur José Andrés following the ear…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Central_Kitchen

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack occurred on 1 April 2024, when Israeli drones targeted a three-car convoy belonging to World Central Kitchen (WCK) in the Gaza Strip, killing seven aid wor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Central_Kitchen_aid_conv…

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Claim 12: “Turkey is ready to work with Damascus to look for oil and gas in Syria, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday”

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Claim 13: “In Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, a separate Israeli airstrike killed one Palestinian”

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Claim 14: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted that Israel sent a message to Turkey against allegedly setting up a base in Syria, tacitly acknowledging a strike the day before”

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Multiple sources report that Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged a strike in Syria as a warning to Turkey against establishing a military presence there.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State of Israel is represented in the Russian Federation through an embassy in Moscow and a consulate-general in Saint Petersburg. Russia is represented in Israel through an embassy in Tel Aviv an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Russia_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_prime_mi…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Southern Syria conflict is an ongoing conflict in southern Syria between Druze militias and the Syrian transitional government. Since the fall of the Assad regime, the conflict has centered aroun…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Syria_conflict_(2025–…

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Claim 15: “More than 100 US organisations have called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to act "urgently" to secure the release of Palestinian-American student Sama Safi, who has been detained in Israel for more than two months”

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Multiple independent sources report that over 100 US organizations called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to secure the release of Sama Safi.

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web search NEUTRAL — The organisations urged the US State Department to intervene to secure Safi’s release, stressing the urgency of her medical condition and warning that prolonged detention could put her health at risk.…
https://maktoobmedia.com/post?id=116225&slug=over-100-groups…

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web search NEUTRAL — More than 100 US organizations have called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take urgent action to secure the release of Palestinian-American student Sama Safi, who has been held by Israel since Ju…
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260820-more-than-100-us-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Safi, 20, is a US citizen and an outstanding psychology student at Birzeit University.The organizations stressed that protecting US citizens abroad falls within the responsibilities of the State Depar…
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/173876

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Claim 16: “Israel carried out air strikes against the Abu al-Duhur base near Aleppo on Tuesday”

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Multiple sources, including RTHK and France 24, specifically identify the Abu al-Duhur base near Aleppo as the target of the Tuesday airstrikes.

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web search NEUTRAL — Eight Israeli airstrikes hit the runway and storage facilities at the Abu al-Duhur base near Aleppo in northwest Syria, according to Syrian state media. Photo: Reuters.
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1866642-20260819.h…

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web search NEUTRAL — Abu Duhur military base captured by anti-Assad forces in December 2024.Eight airstrikes hit the Abu Duhur airport runway and storage facility on Tuesday, according to Syrian state TV, although there w…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62vy3wl31lo

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel said it had struck an airfield in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday because of threats to its security after Syria allowed Turkish troops to amass near the airbase close to Aleppo. …
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260818-middle-east…

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Claim 17: “Iraq's parliament speaker Haibat al-Halbousi called for special status for Iraqi oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz during talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf”

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Claim 18: “Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for Israel to kill "30 or 40" people every night in the Gaza Strip”

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Multiple independent sources (Google News, Truthout, and another news source) report that Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for killing '30 to 40' people in Gaza every night.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Itamar Ben-Gvir (Hebrew: אִיתָמָר בֶּן גְּבִיר [itaˈmaʁ benˈgviʁ]; born 6 May 1976) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the minister of national security since 2022, except for a two…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_Ben-Gvir

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of economic sanctions involving Israel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of National Security (Hebrew: המשרד לביטחון לאומי, Arabic: وزارة الأمن القومي), formerly the Ministry of Internal Security and Ministry of Police, is a government agency of Israel. The Mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Security_…

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Claim 19: “Brent crude futures climbed 54 cents, or 0.59%, to $91.56 by 1157 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 59 cents, or 0.69%, to $85.53 a barrel”

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Claim 20: “Australia on Thursday summoned Israel's ambassador over the Israeli military's decision not to pursue criminal proceedings in connection with the death of an Australian aid worker in a 2024 airstrike in Gaza”

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Reuters, The Guardian, and another news source independently report that Australia summoned the Israeli ambassador on Thursday regarding the decision not to pursue criminal proceedings for the death of an Australian aid worker.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diplomatic relations between Australia and Israel were formally established in 1949. Australia has an embassy in Tel Aviv and Israel has an embassy in Canberra. They are two of the most economically d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia–Israel_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 28 August 2026, at least 76,621 people (74,582+ Palestinians and 2,039+ Israelis) have been reported killed in the Gaza war according to the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) and Israeli Ministry of Fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the military wing …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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