Berlin synagogue attacked as Molotov cocktails hurled at Jewish building
A synagogue in Germany was targeted with two Molotov cocktails overnight after an explosion at hospital in Gaza which killed hundreds of people
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A synagogue in Germany was targeted with two Molotov cocktails overnight after an explosion at hospital in Gaza which killed hundreds of people.
The Kahal Adass Jisroel Jewish community in Berlin said the attack happened around 3am while police guarded the building.
The unknown attackers missed their target and no injuries or damage have been reported, according to German media.
It comes after hundreds of people were killed in an explosion at the al Ahli hospital in an attack that Palestinian officials have blamed on Israel.
The unknown attackers missed their target and no injuries or damage have been reported, according to German media
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However, Israel say it was a result of a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group in the enclave.
Israel's military has published what it described as evidence of the misfired Palestinian rocket, rather than one of its own munitions being the cause.
Responding to the attack, the German Central Council of Jews said in a statement: "We are all shocked by this terrorist attack.
"Above all, the families from the neighbourhood around the synagogue are shocked and unsettled. Words become deeds. Hamas' ideology of extermination against everything Jewish is also having an effect in Germany."
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Several officers have been injured overnight after riots took place between migrants and police in the city's Neukoelln and Kreuzberg neighbourhoods and at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate.
Several Israeli flags that were flown as a sign of solidarity in front of city halls all over the country have also been torn down and burned.
A number of buildings in Berlin where Jews live had the Star of David painted on doors and walls.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has condemned the firebomb assault, saying “we will never accept when attacks are carried out against Jewish institutions.”
The Kahal Adass Jisroel Jewish community in Berlin said the attack happened around 3am while police guarded the building
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Speaking to reporters during a trip to Egypt on Wednesday, Scholz said that Germany would not accept violent and antisemitic protests and that the protection of Jewish institutions would be rapidly increased.
He said: “It outrages me personally what some of them are shouting and doing, and I am convinced that Germany’s citizen are of the same opinion as me.
“We stand united for the protection also of Jews”.
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