By KUNA,
PARIS : France on Friday condemned an attack Thursday against Israeli children in which one child died and one was injured.
Although details remain sketchy, the attack by a group of alleged Palestinians, apparently wielding an axe, left one thirteen-year-old dead and a seven-year-old wounded near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
“France expresses its horror after the attack carried out in the West Bank which caused the death of one Israeli child of 13 and wounded another of seven, ” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“In these particularly dramatic circumstances, France condemns in the strongest way this barbarous act,” it added.
The French authorities said they were “very concerned by the acts of violence which hamper efforts at peace,” and Paris called for everything to be done to prevent any escalation of violence.
Faced with violence, France said there was only one strategy, “our firm resolution to pursue efforts aimed at a political settlement of a conflict from which the Israeli and Palestinian people have suffered too much.” (end) jk.ema KUNA 031223 Apr 09NNNN