French media prioritized the Gaza conflict, with early reports detailing Hamas's conditions for Red Cross access to hostages and Israel's call for a UN Security Council meeting. This evolved into intense coverage of the macabre public staging of Israeli hostages, drawing appeals to Donald Trump from former Israeli officials to intervene with Netanyahu, and expressions of dismay from the ICRC. Concurrently, a new, gruesome domestic story emerged in the late morning: the discovery of a mutilated body in the Somme, which gained significant and shocking attention through the evening. International focus also remained on Trump's geopolitical maneuvers, including his emissary's visit to Russia and ongoing discussions on his nuclear submarine deployments and their economic implications.