Distraught parents of Jewish girl, 12, who was gang-raped by teens 'because of her religion' in Paris say the attack was an 'imitation' of the horrors carried out by Hamas on October 7

The distraught parents of a 12-year-old Jewish girl who was raped in Paris have broken their silence to share their fears their child was attacked 'because of her religion' in what they believe was an 'imitation' of Hamas' October 7 attacks in Israel. In a candid first interview, the girl's mother said her daughter had suffered 'harassment' at school since the conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated last October, that peers started with fascist salutes in November, drew swastikas on desks and made jokes about the Holocaust. The girl from Courbevoie said she went to the Henri Regnault square with her boyfriend when three teenagers grabbed her and took her to an abandoned hangar on the site of an old nursery nearby People attend a demonstration against anti-Semitism in front of Paris City Hall after three teenagers aged 12 to 13 indicted in Courbevoie, accused of rape and anti-Semitic violence against a 12-year-old girl, in Paris on June 19. Slogan reads: 'It could have been your sister' Protesters hold placards which read "Anti-Semitism is not residual", "+1000% in anti-Semitic acts, these aren't just figures", "Our lives are worth more than the imported conflict" and "Raped Jewish girl, Republic in danger" as they gathered to condemn the alleged anti-semitic gang rape of a 12 year-old girl, during a rally on Lyon Terreaux square in Lyon on June 18 The young girl, named only as 'A.' Palestinian women make their way past destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis on June 20 An Israeli army main battle tank operating in Rafah in the southern the Gaza Strip Relatives of the hostages light flares and hold portraits of those taken during a protest calling for their release, in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on June 22 Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on June 21, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israel and Hezbollah The unprecedented conflict in Gaza has seen European nations take steps to recognise a Palestinian state, with mediators seeking a permanent peaceful resolution.