French President Emmanuel Macron posted a photo of Shiri, Kfir, Ariel Bibas alongside an expression of solidarity on his X account on Tuesday.This comes after reports that the bodies of the three remaining Bibas hostages will be returned on Thursday."Faces of innocence and love, faces of an eternal humanity that the barbarity of Hamas will never abolish," wrote Macron.Shiri.Kfir.Ariel.Visages de l’innocence et de l’amour.Visages d’une humanité éternelle que la barbarie du Hamas, jamais, n’abolira.La France, mobilisée pour la libération de tous les otages, se tient aux côtés de Yarden et de la famille Bibas. En fraternité universelle. pic.twitter.com/3UOxwFcg3v— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) February 18, 2025"France is mobilized for the release of all hostages and stands alongside Yarden [Bibas] and the Bibas family."

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to his French, British, Italian, and German counterparts as well as to European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas following his talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the French foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.It said they had discussed the meeting between Rubio and Lavrov, which was held in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had discussed Monday's European meeting in Paris on European security and Ukraine.

Released hostage Or Levy discharged from the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer on Monday, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum announced. Levy, was released from Hamas captivity along with Eli Sharabi, and Ohad Ben Ami on February 8.

A man in his 30s was wounded after a motorcycle exploded in Tel Aviv, Magen David Adom (MDA) said on Tuesday.