{"id":2952,"date":"2026-03-15T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2026-03-14T22:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:37:01","slug":"blast-outside-jewish-school-in-amsterdam-no-injuries-%e2%88%92-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2952","title":{"rendered":"Blast outside Jewish School in Amsterdam, no injuries \u2212 Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An overnight blast against an exterior wall of a Jewish school in Amsterdam did not cause any injuries, Mayor Femke Halsema said Saturday, denouncing \u201ca cowardly act of aggression\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An investigation has been opened and the incident comes after nighttime attacks this week in front of synagogues in the Belgian city of Liege and the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fireboy DML - iseoluwa (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jhR7EtqJ4LE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Haslema condemned the attack in a statement, noting that Amsterdam\u2019s Jewish community has been \u201cincreasingly often confronted with antisemitism and this is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA school must be a place where children can attend classes in complete safety. Amsterdam must be a place where Jews can live in safety,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police and fire departments quickly arrived at the scene of the blast in Buitenveldert district in the south of Amsterdam, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe material damage is limited,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police have CCTV footage of a person placing the explosive device, Halsema said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten called the incident \u201cterrible\u201d on X and said \u201cAntisemitism has no place in the Netherlands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI understand the anger and fear this provokes, and I will quickly meet with the Jewish community. It must always feel safe in our country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel\u2019s foreign ministry also weighed in on X, saying: \u201cIn the Netherlands, an antisemitism epidemic is raging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhere will the next attack be? The Dutch government needs to do much more to fight antisemitism,\u201d the ministry wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a similar attack Friday on a synagogue in Rotterdam, Jetten had condemned any act of violence or intimidation against the Jewish community or any other religious minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four men suspected of being involved in the Rotterdam attack have been arrested, Dutch authorities announced Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series of attacks on synagogues comes after the launch of the US-Israeli war on Iran, a conflict that has since broadened across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, an explosion shook a synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege before dawn, causing some damage but no injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was strongly condemned by Belgian politicians and European Union officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, a man rammed his car into a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, sparking a blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, died Friday from a \u201cself-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,\u201d an FBI official told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media reports have indicated his relatives were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid increasing violence and threats against the Jewish community in the United States, there has been a boost in demand for security services specifically protecting Jews, with officers stationed at schools, campuses and other buildings. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2026\/03\/14\/blast-outside-jewish-school-in-amsterdam-no-injuries-%e2%88%92-mayor\/amp\/\">(Channels)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overnight blast against an exterior wall of a Jewish school in Amsterdam did not cause any injuries, Mayor Femke Halsema said Saturday, denouncing \u201ca cowardly act of aggression\u201d. 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