Dutch police said Thursday they had arrested someone suspected of throwing a burning object at Israel\u2019s embassy in The Hague, which is under heavy security amid the war in Gaza.
\n\u201cAround 10:50 am someone threw a burning object towards the Israeli embassy,\u201d police said.
\n\u201cWe have arrested one suspect. No-one was injured. We are investigating and there is a large barrier around the embassy.\u201d
\nSecurity has been stepped up around Israeli embassies across the world as the country\u2019s military presses an offensive in Gaza following the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas.
\nThe Hamas attacks resulted in about 1,200 deaths in Israel, mostly of civilians, according to Israeli figures.
\nIsrael\u2019s military has since waged a relentless ground and air offensive in Gaza that has killed 31,988 people, most of them women and children, according to the health ministry in the densely populated Palestinian territory.
\n\u201cIt is unacceptable that such an attack can take place in the Netherlands. Fortunately, no injuries were reported,\u201d said the embassy in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.
\n\u201cThis shows the dangerous consequences of the worrying trend of increasing hatred and incitement. This hatred cannot be tolerated.\u201d
\nIn February, there was a bomb scare at the official residence of the Israeli ambassador in The Hague.
\nPolice cordoned off the area but found no explosives.
\nAt the time, authorities in The Hague had imposed emergency security measures around the Israeli embassy in response to an unspecified threat.
\nIn January, the bomb squad in Sweden destroyed a \u201clive\u201d device at Israel\u2019s embassy in Stockholm, something authorities described as a potential \u201cterrorist crime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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