TORONTO — Tensions flared both inside and outside a Toronto International Film Festival screening of a documentary about a retired Israeli general’s Oct. 7 rescue mission, with protesters clashing on nearby streets and audience members booing during a Q-and-A that brought up Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Police on bicycles and horses corralled the crowd gathered on Tuesday outside Roy Thomson Hall, where “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,” directed by Montreal’s Barry Avrich, was premiering.

Meanwhile, journalists covering a nearby red carpet had to pass through multiple layers of security before speaking to the team behind the film, which chronicles retired Israeli general Noam Tibon’s effort to rescue his family during the 2023 Hamas attacks, when 1,200 people were killed and 251

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