In response to the controversy, Lapid stated, "It's a shame I didn't see such outrage when Orit Strock said that we should give up on the hostages and abandon them to die."

Glazer was not in France to accept the award for best foreign film, but a proxy read a message to the audience asserting that the Holocaust film's subject of dehumanization was "alarmingly" relevant.

Ehrlich was relocating to Washington for a job, and had stayed in Missoula, Montana to break up her journey from Colorado.

This comes as the 42-day hostage-ceasefire deal expired on March 1, with Israel saying it is ready implement US envoy Steve Witkoff's proposal.

Albag stated that the five will finish their rehabilitation, after which they will be discharged from military service. 

If EU heads of state truly want to hurt Russia, they would stop buying their products and sanction the parts of the Russian economy they rely on.

Pascal Tribout, 38, pled guilty in December and was sentenced at the Valleyfield courthouse at the end of February.

Thousands of protesters gathered on Jerusalem's Azza Street and in front of the prime minister's residence to call for a continuance of the deal.