There was a brief altercation between a small number of fans early into Thursday’s Nations League soccer game between France and Israel despite heavy security inside the stadium, a week after violence erupted in Amsterdam in connection with an Israeli club team’s visit.

The atmosphere at the stadium was clearly tense on Thursday, with reports of a brief altercation between a small number of fans in the stands early in the game.

Demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest a pro-Israel event that had included Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

The deaths on Wednesday made it one of the most lethal days for the Israeli military since it invaded Lebanon last month to battle Hezbollah fighters.

Israeli officials are insisting on maintaining a capacity to strike Lebanon at any moment as part of conditions to secure a ceasefire with Iran-backed Hezbollah, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

The Israeli military said it had attacked more than 100 targets in Gaza and Lebanon in the last 24 hours as it continues fighting on multiple fronts in its war against Islamist groups. The military targeted weapons depots,