A Jewish facility in Europe has come under attack as tensions escalate between the U.S.-Israel alliance and Iran.
An explosion damaged the exterior wall of a Jewish school in an affluent neighborhood in southern Amsterdam on the morning of May 14, Reuters reported.
Amsterdam, where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis and documented her life in her famous diary after fleeing Germany, is currently home to 15,000 to 20,000 Jewish residents.
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema condemned the blast as "a deliberate attack targeting the Jewish community that cannot be tolerated." She added that fortunately there were no injuries and that police have obtained CCTV footage showing a suspect installing the explosive device and have launched an investigation.
The targeted facility is the only school in the Netherlands established specifically for Orthodox Jews and was equipped with security measures including spiked metal exterior walls.
Newly inaugurated Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten posted on X, formerly Twitter, that "this incident is horrific, and I fully understand the fear and anger felt by the Jewish community." He added that authorities are giving "full attention to the safety of Jewish facilities."
Amsterdam authorities had already heightened security at synagogues and Jewish facilities across the city following an arson attack targeting a synagogue in central Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second-largest city, the previous day.
Earlier on May 9, an explosion occurred in front of a historic synagogue in Liège, eastern Belgium, shattering windows and causing damage.
On May 12, an armed assailant drove a truck into a synagogue in a city near Detroit, Michigan, and was killed in a shootout with security personnel. The deceased was identified as a Lebanese-American who had lost family members, including a sibling and nephew, in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon.
A wave of attacks targeting Jewish facilities in the U.S. and Europe has put authorities on high alert. Officials report that anti-Semitism is intensifying in the wake of the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran and are strengthening security measures for Jewish communities.