French police arrested two members of the French gendarme on Thursday at a French-run church in Jerusalem, AFP reported.

The arrest came during a visit by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot to Jerusalem, causing a diplomatic crisis between Paris and Tel Aviv, after armed Israeli police entered a site housing a French-run church without permission.

The French Foreign Minister described the Israeli move as an "unacceptable situation" and refused to enter the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the Mount of Olives because the police had arrested two French gendarmes.

The French Foreign Ministry also stated: "The behaviour of the Israeli police is unacceptable... and the Israeli ambassador to Paris will be summoned in the coming days."