– Police are searching for a man suspected of setting fires at a synagogue in southern France
– Incident is being treated as a potential terror attack
– Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visited the site and said the synagogue narrowly avoided a tragedy
– Security around Jewish sites tightened following attack
– President Macron called it an act of terror and vowed to apprehend the suspect
– CCTV footage shows a man with a Palestinian flag setting fire to cars outside synagogue
– Increased police presence at Jewish sites in France
– No religious service was ongoing at the time of the incident
– Government reported 887 anti-Semitic acts in France in the first half of 2024
– CRIF president said the use of a gas canister shows an intention to kill