PARIS (JTA) — A car containing Molotov cocktails rammed into the door of a French synagogue and burst into flames. A rabbi and about 10 of his adult students in the Toulouse synagogue during the attack earlier this week fled unharmed. A second car containing Molotov cocktails was found near the synagogue, according to police.

The French Jewish community and government expressed their outrage and concern that anti-Semitism is on the rise in reaction to the current Israeli operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism also reported that a 29-year-old Jewish man was beaten by a group of assailants last Sunday near the location of a pro- Palestinian protest in Paris that turned violent. The attackers yelled "Palestine will vanquish."

The bureau's president, Sammy Ghozlan, said less violent cases of anti- Judaism were reported to be occurring daily since the Israeli offensive in Gaza began. "Now we'll start to see a rise in young couples making aliyah" in response, he told JTA.

Interior Minister Michele Alliot- Marie condemned the Toulouse attack as "stupid and revolting," and assured that police would do "the maximum" to find those responsible.