JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel provided more detail on Thursday regarding the arrest by Danish authorities of suspects in a terror plot, revealing that seven terrorist operatives acting on behalf of Hamas were involved in a planned attack aimed at killing innocent citizens on European soil. Speaking from a European Union summit in Brussels, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the facts of the case were “extremely serious.”Denmark’s current threat level is at level four, the second highest. “The terrorist threat against Denmark is serious,” stated Troels Lund Poulsen, the defense minister. “The conflict in the Middle East has led to a completely unacceptable rise in antisemitism and more uncertainty among Jews in Denmark.”E.U. “With the war between Israel and Hamas and the polarization it causes in our society, with the upcoming holiday season, there is a huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union,” she said.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2023 18:53 UTC