France’s Jean-Clair Todibo apologises for ‘nervous laugh’ during minute’s silence for Israel-Hamas victims, murdered French teacher

France international Jean-Clair Todibo on Monday apologised for laughing during a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the Israel-Hamas conflict and a murdered French teacher before a Euro 2024 qualifier last week.

“I had a nervous laugh in relation to this minute of silence but in no case did I make fun of the current situation,” the 23-year-old Nice defender told journalists.

Cameras caught Todibo laughing during the tribute, which took before France’s 2-1 win over the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday, to the victims of the conflict between Hamas and Israel.

The minute’s silence also remembered a teacher killed last week in the northern French city of Arras in what the government called an Islamist terror attack.

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