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Government spokesman: "We don't want scenes of violence. We don't want a conflict imported to French soil."

Some 50 signatories to open letter accuse Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad of not only murdering Israeli civilians, but also using their own population as human shields.

In post to Twitter, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says: The Israeli flag was hoisted on the roof of the Federal Chancellery as a sign of solidarity with Israel. Terrorist attacks on Israel are to be condemned in the strongest possible terms! Together we stand by Israel's side.

The concern is that reprisals and attacks on Jews is not a matter of "if," but "when," says chairman of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association.

Dozens of protesters wave Palestinian flags, shout expletives about Jews in front of Gelsenkirchen synagogue. At least two synagogues attacked, several Israeli flags torn down and burned since latest Israel-Gaza fighting.

Despite death threats against himself and his family, Matteo Salvini, the head of Italy’s Northern League party and the country’s former deputy prime minister, reasserts support for the Jewish state. 

President Joe Biden speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says he is hopeful the latest round of violence between Israel and Hamas, the worst since 2014, would end soon. "My expectation and hope is this will be closing down sooner than later, but Israel has a right to defend itself," Biden says.

German authorities arrest over 12 men in three separate cities for targeting synagogues, burning Israeli flags.

Statement from Turkish presidential office says Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested to Russian President Vladimir Putin that an international protection force be put in place to protect Palestinians.

Two candidates for the posting, Thomas R. Nides and Robert Wexler, have reportedly reached the finish line.