Overview
- Hachette said three Objectif Bac Terminale revision books were pulled immediately and issued an apology for the erroneous page.
- President Emmanuel Macron called the manual "intolerable," accused it of falsifying the Hamas attacks, and said he asked the government to take measures.
- CEO Arnaud Lagardère offered personal apologies, spoke with LICRA president Yonathan Arfi, and the company said new procedures would prevent a repeat.
- Education Minister Édouard Geffray labeled the wording a falsification and an affront to victims' dignity, and Aurore Bergé said the editor reacted at once and would destroy unsold copies.
- AFP reports more than 1,200 people were killed in Israel on October 7, 2023, and Gaza’s Health Ministry cites over 70,900 deaths from Israel’s subsequent offensive, with a fragile ceasefire in place since October.