Belgium bolsters security for Jewish sites with troop deployment
TL;DR
Belgian soldiers were deployed to guard Jewish sites in Brussels and Antwerp, with later phases planned to cover Liege, to bolster security at synagogues and Jewish schools after antisemitic attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands. The move follows incidents including a Liege synagogue explosion and a Rotterdam arson attack and an Amsterdam Jewish-school explosion; Dutch police have arrested five suspects in Rotterdam. Rights advocates warn of a global uptick in antisemitism amid geopolitical tensions surrounding the US-Israeli war with Iran, while there were no reported injuries in the attacks.
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