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France shuts Israeli weapons booths at Paris Air Show

An Israeli army excavator operates during an ongoing raid at the Tulkarm camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank on June 11, 2025.[AFP]

Geopolitical tensions roiled the opening of the Paris Air Show on Monday as French authorities sealed off Israeli weapons industry booths amid the conflicts in Iran and Gaza, a move that Israel condemned as "outrageous".

The decision added drama to the major aerospace industry event, which was already under the shadow of last week's deadly crash of Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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