Representatives of the French government, including lawmakers from the coalition and opposition, held a secret meeting with senior Hamas officials, according to an unverified report. The report did not specify where or when the meeting took place.
A single unverified report published Monday evening claims that representatives of the French government, including parliament members from both the coalition and opposition, held a clandestine meeting with senior Hamas officials. The report, circulated via Israeli news aggregators, did not specify the date or location of the meeting or provide further details on the topics discussed.
The report follows an earlier unverified claim, published by The Zioneer on Monday at 01:48 Jerusalem, that a Hamas delegation held a secret meeting with French officials in a regional country in recent weeks. That earlier report also cited a single source and was not independently corroborated. It is unclear whether the current report refers to the same meeting or a separate encounter.
France, a key Western diplomatic actor on the Israeli-Palestinian file, has previously maintained that it does not engage with Hamas, which the European Union designates as a terrorist organization. If confirmed, the reported meeting would mark a significant departure from that policy. Neither the French government, i24NEWS, nor any other official outlet has commented on the report as of 21:49 Jerusalem.
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