France's government ordered black partition walls erected around Israeli defense industry exhibits at the Paris Air Show displaying offensive weapons, because of the war in Gaza and rising tensions in the Mideast.

Geopolitical tensions roiled the opening of the Paris Air Show on Monday as French authorities sealed off Israeli weapons industry booths amid the conflicts in Iran and Gaza, a move that Israel condemned as "outrageous.

The Paris Air Show began with a tense political note on Monday, as Israeli arms makers found their booths walled off with a black barrier in the morning.