"I think we were well prepared in the army, after three years of military service ... I think I'm ready for war," said Eden, who had arrived in France one month earlier for work.

El Al and Israir Airlines have added more flights to bring reservists back to the country, after Israel said on Monday it had called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists.

26-year-old Shimone said Saturday's attacks were shocking. One of his friends was missing, and many others had already joined the army.

"Currently, they are all already fully equipped. They've already started the work, so we have to join them, that's all."

Nearby, 22-year-old Ofir, who had been in Vietnam, said he had taken the quickest possible route, via Bangkok and Paris, to head back home, "just to be to be on the side of friends, on the side of family, on the side of all the injured and murdered people."