High palisades topped with fences, cameras monitoring the perimeter... At the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in Sarcelles, the importance of security does not date from the war in the Middle East, but from the Hamas attack on October 7 in Israel, it went up a notch again.
Police patrols, but also soldiers from Operation Sentinel have returned.
This Wednesday, several armed soldiers were once again stationed in front of the establishment.
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A grandfather may be used to seeing them, but he still can't believe it.
“Needing law enforcement in front of a school in 2024 in our beautiful France is still crazy,” he comments.
“It creates a quite special atmosphere for the children.
It’s as distressing as it is reassuring, but it’s unfortunately necessary,” underlines the mother of a 7-year-old girl as she leaves the establishment.
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