If they (Israeli soldiers) managed to reach them, they could arrest them instead of killing them, and Israel knows very well that killing them would threaten the current calmness and escalate violence.

The Israeli army forces and tanks are still inside the Gaza Strip and resumption of mutual attacks and violence would of course inflict more fatalities on both sides.

The unknown kidnappers left the three French journalists and abducted the half French, half Algerian journalist and took him to an unknown place.

The withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is basically unilateral and Israel has not fully coordinated everything in the withdrawal with the Palestinian side. This is why we will not attend.