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Indeed, that article does not mention it while all french media do. Here's the official statement from France minister of the army, Sebastien Lecornu. It was reported during an official audition, under oath. https://youtu.be/rYy2A2EEydE
Here's a few articles from French mainstream journal. They're centrist and right wing journals. Wanted to add liberation, a left-wing journal, but their article is paywalled. Sorry about that.
Le Monde: https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/06/07/la-france-ne-vend-pas-d-armes-a-israel-reaffirme-le-ministre-des-armees-apres-le-refus-de-dockers-de-charger-un-conteneur-de-composants-militaires_6611077_3210.html
Le Figaro : https://www.lefigaro.fr/marseille/marseille-deux-nouveaux-conteneurs-de-composants-militaires-en-partance-pour-israel-bloques-par-les-dockers-20250605
France 3: https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/guerre-a-gaza-blocage-d-un-chargement-d-armes-rassemblement-citoyen-sur-le-port-de-marseille-la-solidarite-s-organise-3166794.html
And the article from the journal that disclosed such shipment https://disclose.ngo/fr/article/la-france-sapprete-a-livrer-des-equipements-pour-mitrailleuses-vers-israel
To summarize these articles: France does sell defense only military equipment, claiming they cannot be used as an offensive means. They do send some military equipment to Israel companies for manufacturing purposes. Resulting products must be then exported back to France or other countries. Failing to do so would violate export license. On the other hand, human rights activists claim there is little to no control over if these exports actually happen, which lead to such situation at Marseille.