Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
A photo of the Israeli Embassy in The Hague after it was vandalized with red paint and its front door smashed, on August 12, 2025. (Israeli embassy in the Netherlands)
Three individuals vandalized the Israeli Embassy in The Hague this morning, the Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
Photos released by the ministry show the embassy’s entrance splattered with red paint and its front door smashed.
A photo of the Israeli Embassy in The Hague after it was vandalized with red paint and its front door smashed, on August 12, 2025. (Israeli embassy in the Netherlands)
Local security authorities responded to the incident, and the three suspects were arrested by Dutch police, according to the ministry.
While the statement does not address the motive of today’s incident, the case comes a week after a similar act of vandalism at El Al’s Paris offices, when red paint was sprayed on the building along with the words “Free Palestine” and “El Al genocide airline.”
There have been numerous cases of vandalism on Jewish and Israeli sites abroad amid a surge of anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian activities protesting Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
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