More than triple the number of anti-Semitic actions have recorded the French authorities since October 7, when Hamas attacked Israelas stated by the French Minister of the Interior Gerard Darmanin.

Specificallyhave recorded approximately 1,100 anti-Semitic acts.

Darmanin said that France is a witness “of an explosion of anti-Semitic acts” and that the new number represents “double all anti-Semitic acts in the whole of 2022”.

According to figures published by the French Protection Agency for the Jewish Community, which works with the Ministry of the Interior, in 2022 there were 436 anti-Semitic acts.

Also Darmanin said that authorities have so far arrested 490 people related to the crimes. About 120 of them are foreigners, he said.

“Approximately 15 are in administrative detention awaiting deportation, three have already been deported and the others have had their residence permits revoked”the minister told French radio Sud, without specifying the nationalities.

On October 17, French authorities reported 327 anti-Semitic acts and 183 arrests related to crimes since the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East.