The latest number I was briefed on was 12.

Your president is a weak man. The president of Israel is a weak and ineffective man who’s using the pardon and hanging it over Bibi’s head.

You wouldn’t even have Israel right now if he weren’t the Prime Minister.

I’m all for Bibi.

To keep the Strait of Hormuz open — yes, the countries in the region will have to join the fight.

We will help them a lot.

They get all the oil, we don’t get anything from the Strait, so they should participate.

Is there another leader in Israel who could do what Netanyahu has done? No, I really don’t think so.

You would not have had the State of Israel if Prime Minister Netanyahu had not been in office.

I support Bibi.

The reports about tensions are a big mistake. A complete lie and fake news.

It’s fake news at a third-grade level.

The relations between our countries have never been better.

I have just spoken with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

I called on him to put an immediate end to the unacceptable attacks Iran is carrying out against countries in the region, whether directly or through proxies, including in Lebanon and Iraq.

I reminded him that France is acting within a strictly defensive framework aimed at protecting its interests, its regional partners, and freedom of navigation, and that it is unacceptable for our country to be targeted.

The unchecked escalation we are witnessing is plunging the entire region into chaos, with major consequences today and for the years to come. The people of Iran, like those across the region, are paying the price.

Only a new political and security framework can ensure peace and security for all.

Such a framework must guarantee that Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, while also addressing the threats posed by its ballistic missile programme and its destabilising activities regionally and internationally.

Freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz must be restored as soon as possible.

I also urged the Iranian President to allow Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris to return safely to France as soon as possible. Their ordeal has gone on for far too long, and they belong with their loved ones.