The France-Israel Football match scheduled at the Stade de France on November 14 will be supervised by “an extremely reinforced security system”, “outside and inside” the enclosure, the police prefect said on Thursday. on BFMTV and RMC.
“It’s a high-risk match,” warned Laurent Nuñez about this match on the 5th day of the League of Nations, in the context of war in the Middle East.
“There will be extremely reinforced security that will be of a very high level,” said Mr. Nuñez, “outside and inside the stadium.”
“It’s not usual” to be inside the enclosure, conceded the police chief.
“We intervene inside a stadium where we are required by the organizer, the French Football Federation,” continued Laurent Nuñez, explaining that he is preparing “for all the hypotheses, including that of having to enter the ‘interior to avoid incidents’.
The police chief also spoke of “major searches”.
Already in July, during the Paris Olympic Games, a thousand police and gendarmes were mobilized for the men’s football match between Mali and Israel at the Parc des Princes, due to calls for “mobilization” against the presence of the Israeli delegation in France because of the war in Gaza. No notable incidents had been reported.
On the other hand, in September, Belgium’s home match against Israel for the first day of the League of Nations was relocated to Debrecen, Hungary, and was played behind closed doors, after the refusal of several Belgian cities to welcome the meeting, fearing excesses.
On October 10, during the 3rd day of the League of Nations, the match between France and Israel, won 4-1 by the Blues, was also relocated to Hungary.
