by Yohannes Lowe (now) and Helen Livingstone (earlier)
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Israelis flock to ceremonies, cemeteries and memorial sites around the country as strikes on Lebanon capital continue.
Air raid sirens ring in several parts of northern Israel and in Tel Aviv
Air raid sirens were activated in central Israel on Monday after rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, the army said. The Israel Defense Forces have also said air raid sirens have been ringing in some areas of northern Israel, including Dovev and Misgav Am, and in Tel Aviv. Earlier today, the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a post on Telegram it had hit Tel Aviv with a barrage of rockets. There have not been any immediate reports of injuries.
Kim Willsher is a Guardian foreign correspondent based in Paris
French ministers including prime minister Michel Barnier and former president Nicolas Sarkozy will attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of October 7 on Monday evening.
Around 4,000 people are expected at the DĂŽme arena at the Porte de Versailles to mark the one year anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel and show their support for the hostages still being held in Gaza.
The families of hostages will attend after a meeting with president Emmanuel Macron. France is home to the largest Jewish community in Europe, estimated to number around 500,000 people.
âOctober 7 was obviously an earthquake for Israel but it was also a shock in France,â Yonathan Arfi, president of the Representative Council for Jewish Institutions in France (Crif), said. He added that he was dismayed by the surge in antisemitism in France over the last year. A total of 887 antisemitic incidents were recorded in the first six months of 2024, according to the interior ministry.
Mondayâs event marking October 7 comes days after Jean-Luc MĂ©lenchon, head of the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), called on university students to âput Palestinian flags everywhere if possibleâ in response to a memo from higher education minister Patrick Hetzel calling on universities to âkeep orderâ on the one year anniversary of the Hamas attacks.
Arfi accused LFI of stoking antisemitism in France having âhysterically forced the public debate around the issue of Gazaâ. He said MĂ©lenchon had given âpolitical backingâ to antisemitism.
On Saturday, Macron called for a halt on the delivery of arms to Israel that could be used in Gaza, provoking an angry response from Israelâs prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
New Israeli military division sent to Lebanon, IDF says
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said another division was deployed yesterday for âlocalised operationsâ in southern Lebanon.
This division is reportedly the third troop grouping at division strength to be used in Israelâs ground invasion of Lebanon, which was launched a week ago when several areas in the south of the country were told to evacuate…
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