Israel's biggest ever Olympic team faces a 'tough' environment during the Paris Games, the head of their delegation tells AFP after a week featuring sometimes hostile crowds, online harassment and tragedy back home. Security around the 88-person Israeli team has been exceptionally tight, with elite French police tasked with guarding the athletes around-the-clock and accompanying them every time they leave the Olympic village in northern Paris.
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