The surprise attack, launched on Saturday from the Gaza Strip by Hamas, left hundreds dead on both camps. Young Israelis attending a rave party were killed or taken hostage. One of Guy Laïck’s relatives has not given any sign of life since the raid. The president of the Jewish religious association of Gard testifies.
Images of the rave party in southern Israel went around the world. A party place which turned into a nightmare on Saturday October 7, 2023. Hamas left more than 250 dead and hostages there. Among them, the son of Guy Laïck’s cousin, a 25-year-old young man who participated in the rave party attacked on Saturday October 7, 2023. The former lawyer in Nîmes testified to France 3 Pays Gardois.
“We have had no news since Saturdaylaments Guy Laïck, president of the Jewish religious association of Gard. It is unclear whether he was kidnapped and taken to Gaza or shot. It is too early to tell. The family is obviously particularly distressed, obviously very, very worried.”
A shared pain. According to the president of the Jewish religious association of Gard, the Jewish community has been stunned since these attacks. “Imagine the astonishment of the French community if tomorrow it were attacked by terrorists who crossed borders to come and murder babies, children, women, adults.”
“So it is legitimate that the Israeli population is in shock and that the Jewish population worldwide and particularly in Nîmes and in France is also in shock, I think that it is a legitimate reaction of support”, continues Guy Laïck. The situation has also aroused fear of consequences in France. The Gard prefecture has also put in place a security system around places of worship.
“I believe that it is our duty to communicate to say exactly what is happening. To explain clearly that this is not a war between one state and another state, but an attack led by a group, which is recognized as terrorist by the international community, which attacked from its territory. And from a part of its territory where the borders are not discussed.”
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Three days after Hamas attacks in Israel, the Jewish community is in shock. In the Nîmes region, many of them have family or loved ones there. And some no longer hear from them. This is the case of one of the representatives of the community in Gard. • ©P. Pidoux / F. Motet / France 3 Gard region
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