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Jewish students plaster Paris walls with photos of French citizens believed held hostage by Hamas

By ALEX TURNBULL and ELAINE GANLEY, ALEX TURNBULL and ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press
Published: October 17, 2023, 7:55am

PARIS (AP) — France’s main Jewish students union has plastered walls around Paris with posters bearing the faces of French citizens believed to be held hostage by Hamas in their war with Israel. The word “Kidnapped” is inscribed on a red banner at the top of each photograph.

Very little is known about the hostages locked away in the Gaza Strip or whether some of those captured during the Oct.

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