Rafael and other Israeli arms companies were blocked from exhibiting at the Paris Air Show for refusing to remove attack weapons from display. The firms say the move is discriminatory and are preparing legal action.

France shut down the main Israeli company stands at the Paris Airshow on Monday for refusing to remove attack weapons from display, sparking a furious response from Israel and inflaming tensions between the traditional allies.

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.