French Police Officer Injured In Antisemitic Arson Attack On Synagogue

A police officer was injured during an apparent arson attack at a synagogue in La Grande-Motte, a town in southern France, amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. The incident occurred on Saturday morning when a car, which had been set ablaze, exploded in the synagogue's car park. The explosion, which appears to have been deliberate, is being treated as a targeted antisemitic attack, prompting an increase in security measures at Jewish institutions across the country. Jason Brodsky, the policy director for United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), described the incident, stating on X that it had "shades of IRGC terrorists' arson attempts."