French media on August 21 initially followed the escalating Gaza conflict, with the Israeli army preparing near Gaza City and President Macron cautioning against a full-scale offensive, echoing previous day's concerns. Concurrently, record Russian missile and drone barrages in Ukraine prompted President Zelensky to condition any meeting with Vladimir Putin on security guarantees. A new significant economic story emerged with the confirmation of 15% US tariffs on European products. By afternoon, the domestic Jean Pormanove case took a dramatic turn: autopsy results ruled out third-party involvement, indicating medical or toxicological causes for the streamer's death, fundamentally altering the narrative. Attention then shifted to judicial inaction on prior alerts and governmental proposals for digital regulation. Simultaneously, international condemnation of Israel's West Bank settlement plan grew, as the Gaza Health Ministry rejected evacuation orders for northern hospitals, amid reports of a Gaza ground offensive commencing and high civilian casualties.