French rabbi’s home burned to the ground during Shabbat in ‘arson attack’

Lahiani, told Radio Shalom: “Someone tried to murder my family.”

“Ten minutes before the house exploded, my sister and her baby and my other sister were there."

She added that the fact that the family had left just ten minutes earlier was nothing short of a "miracle".

According to Lahiani, 12 firefighters and police officers were injured in the inferno but are all reported to be recovering.

But she told Belgium’s Radio Judaica that "no one wants to call it antisemitic".

She asked: “Why else, specifically, would the rabbi’s house be set on fire on a Saturday during mealtime?”

“My personal opinion is that, if we say it was antisemitic, we’d have to admit there’s a problem to address."

While police are still investigating the cause of the blaze, Lahiani claimed that police officers referred to it as an “arson attack” when talking to the family. Investigators reportedly found traces of an accelerant, believed to be kerosene, outside the home.

“My parents have lived in Grenoble for over 45 years, mostly, they had lived without any issues,” added Lahiani, adding: “After October 7, it wasn’t ‘Rabbi Jacob’ anymore, it was ‘Jewish b******’.

“My father had his car tires slashed multiple times to the point where he had to park his car in front of the house because he didn’t trust the parking lot anymore.

“My mother, of course, had cameras around the school. We caught a young man several times with a gun, firing at the school.

"We even had people yelling and shouting ‘Palestine, Gaza’ and just after the fire, some young people passed by again, shouting ‘Jewish b******’.”

She went on: “The neighbor told my parents that her son saw some young people throwing something – we don’t know what because we weren’t there – but they saw young people passing by and throwing things just before the house exploded.

"According to the police’s deductions so far, it seems that they set the barbecue on fire, and there was also an electrical panel, so the fire spread and the explosion occurred.

"When you see the photos, it’s terrifying. There’s nothing left. It’s all gone up in smoke.

"The authorities still want to play the game, claiming it’s not so serious, that it’s an accident. First, you insult, then you slash the tires, then you try to break into the house, and eventually, the house explodes.”