More than 90,000 police and gendarmerie personnel, as well as 5,000 military personnel, will be mobilized the day after tomorrow, Sundayto guarantee a safe passage into the new year, including 6,000 members of law enforcement in Paris, France’s interior ministry announced today.

During a press conference at Paris police headquarters, Interior Minister Géral Darmanen explained that “in a context of greatly increased terrorist threat due to the conflict in Israel and Palestine’, ’73 Mobile Law Enforcement Units’ will participate in the mechanism, as well as helicopters.

In the French capital, where bigger events than last year are planned ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Gamesthe sale and consumption of alcohol will be prohibited in certain places.

New Year’s Eve festivities in Paris will begin at 6:00 p.m. local time (19:00 Greek time) and will be completed around 00:30 local time (01:30 Greek time), police director Laurent Nunez said.

In order to enter the perimeter of the eventsviewers will be screened, he clarified, adding that “in this perimeter, sales of items that could be used as weapons (for example knives) will be prohibited.”

Authorities expect 700,000 to 1 million people to flock to the Champs-Élysées and more than 1.5 million spectators overall in the French capital. Huge screens will be installed from the Place Concorde to the Champs-Élysées.

Furthermore, drones will be deployed.

In a context of significant terrorist risk, Darmanen also reminded that intelligence services have been fully mobilized.