France Tightens Security for Jews over Middle East Tension

Sudan Events – Agencies

France on Friday ordered additional security measures at Jewish sites across the country, saying there was danger of revenge attacks after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.
In a message sent to regional prefects, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said an “immediate strengthening” of protection was required.
“The risk of acts being committed is real,” he said in the message seen by AFP, especially since “many Israeli nationals are on our territory because of the Olympic Games.”
France’s Jewish population is the largest in Europe, and the third largest in the world after Israel and the United States.
France is also home to Europe’s biggest Muslim population.
Darmanin ordered police, gendarmes and the military protection force Sentinelle to be mobilized “without delay” to guarantee the protection of “strategic locations frequented by our Jewish fellow citizens, especially during religious services.”
Earlier Friday, hundreds of people bid farewell in Qatar to Haniyeh, who died in an assassination that Tehran blamed on Israel.