During the Israeli national anthem, whistles were also heard around the cavernous Parc des Princes where around 25,000 fans were watching the game. AFP reports. Palestinian flags were waved by a handful of spectators which led to angry exchanges between them and Israeli fans.

The game, which was attended by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, had been identified by French security forces as high risk, as well as the Ukraine-Iraq match in the southeastern city of Lyon.

Before the kick-off the French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said to BFM television and RMC radio that all the competitions have a security plan, but those two matches, and particularly the match at the Parc des Princes, would have an anti-terror perimeter.

All Israeli athletes at the Paris Games, which start officially on Friday, will have round-the-clock personal security provided by elite French police, both inside the Olympic village and every time they leave the compound in northern Paris.

Europalestine, a French activist group behind recent protests, told The Guardian that it was planning a peaceful demonstration inside the stadium to protest the "genocide" in Gaza.

Darmanin later Wednesday described the match as "particularly sensitive" but added "there is no security problem to our knowledge".

The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian demand that Israel be barred from the Paris Games over the war in Gaza.

The Palestine Olympic Committee asked for a ban on Israel in a letter to the IOC, saying the bombings of the besieged Gaza Strip were a breach of the Olympic truce.