While police have not announced a motive, this is one of many incidents this week against Israeli embassies across the globe.
The Israeli tourist filed a complaint to the police, who reportedly responded that they "don't want to deal with them."
The Belgian government's statement said at least seven people were killed by the strike on a building that housed about 25 people.
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Some Jewish families have removed their front door mezuzahs out of fear of attacks, a rabbi told Sky News.
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The criticism extended beyond the procurement decision to broader actions and statements by Antwerp's mayor, aligning the city with Israeli interests in ways that Mertens and the PVDA find troubling.
Israel has already agreed to revise the lyrics of its potential submission to the song contest after EBU took issue with verses that appeared to reference Hamas' October 7 attack.
“Belgium along with Spain lead the most pro-Hamas and anti-Israel line in all of Europe, and it’s no wonder that with them, radical Islam is rampant.”
Since the war in Gaza began, between October 7 and December 7, Belgium's anti-discrimination agency registered 91 reported incidents related to the conflict, exceeding the 57 recorded in 2022.
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