France has recorded more than a thousand antisemitic acts since the deadly 7 October attack by Hamas gunmen on Israel, the interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, has said. “The number of antisemitic acts has exploded,” he told France 2 television, adding that 486 people had been arrested for such offences, including 102 foreigners. Hamas gunmen attacked Israel on 7 October, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 240 hostages, Israeli authorities say. Since then, Israel has attacked the Gaza Strip in its battle to destroy Hamas, levelling many buildings and areas and, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, killing more...