was known to authorities in france for trying to stage another attack in 2016. french anti terror prosecutors say they will be taking over the investigation. in the past hour, the french president emmanuel macron has issued condolences to the family members of the german man killed in the attack. fierce fighting has resumed in gaza after the collapse of a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. israel has ramped up airstrikes on gaza, telling residents to evacuate to other areas, but aid groups say nowhere is safe. prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the war is far from over. translation: we will. continue the war until we achieve all its goals which is impossible without the ground operation. it was necessary to bring the results until now and it is necessary to bring the results moving forward. israel s been carrying out intense air strikes on khan younis in southern gaza. israel says hamas leaders are in the city, but it s also where hundreds of thousands of pal
local media reports say it happened during a catholic mass. we ll bring you more updates on this story as it comes in. the government of the region posted several images of the region and spoke to several people being treated nearby in the hospital and they said, quote: the french president emmanuel macron has now referred to a deadly incident in paris as a terror attack. a german tourist was killed and two people injured after a stabbing near the eiffel tower in central paris. president emmanuel macron sent his condolences to the family of the victim. the suspect, who was arrested at the scene, is a 26 year old french national. the french interior minister says the man was known to authorities in france for trying to stage another attack in 2016. here s what the minister gerald darmanin has said about the suspect in the past few hours. translation: he told police officers he was angry about what happened in gaza and he said that france is complicit in what israel is doing
the 15th quarter of paris and the french interior minister has just been giving updates. it is currently unclear at this stage what the motive was for the attack but according to the interior minister, he said the attacker was targeting tourists. it is close to the eiffel tower, an area popular with tourists. and also that the attacker was angered by the situation in gaza and that he was known to authorities for trying to stage another attack in 2016. according to the interior minister, he was a german national. we are now learning according to the press conference and someone who was on the french security services watch this as well. you can see there on your screen, looking at those live pictures. a police presence there, a cordon off area, close to the river which runs through paris in the 15th quarter close to the eiffel tower. of course we will continue to keep you up to date with regards to that situation after that attack which is left one person dead and one person i