The world must let Israel defeat "murderous Islamic terrorism" before it reaches others' doorsteps, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen told his French counterpart during the latter's solidarity visit.
Catherine Colonna, who met with Cohen in the southern city of Ashkelon, also met with the parents of Maya, an Israeli kidnapped by Hamas terrorists and taken as a prisoner of war into Gaza.
"The horrible pictures seen by the entire world tell the entire story," Cohen told Colonna. "The world must understand who we are dealing with, the amount of hate and inhumanity of the Hamas terrorist organization."
"These visits are important to us and it shows to the world that Israel cannot allow a terrorist organization to continue threatening Israeli civilians."