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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Brussels

Belgium starting players pose for a team photo at the beginning of the international friendly soccer match between Belgium and Luxembourg at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2024. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)
June 19, 2024, 9:46 pm
Brussels declines to host upcoming Belgium-Israel soccer match, citing security risk
City official say game scheduled for September would provoke demonstrations endangering players, spectators, residents and police
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File - Israel's players celebrate after the end of the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Albania and Israel at Air Albania stadium in Tirana, Albanian, June 10, 2022. Israel won 2-1.(AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)
May 16, 2024, 5:14 pm
Belgium cuts off ticket sales for soccer match against Israel over ‘security concerns’
No details given for move affecting September UEFA Nations League game; Asian soccer federation backs Palestinian proposal to suspend Israel from FIFA over Gaza war
By Agencies
People holding photographs of Israeli family members abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
April 8, 2024, 6:23 am
Cities in North America, Europe hold rallies marking hostages’ six months ‘in hell’
Former captives, relatives and politicians, including Lapid and Bennett, attend protests calling for deal; congressman heckled in New York after urging more aid for Gazans
By ToI Staff
Belgian Police patrol the Grand Place in central Brussels, October 17, 2023. (Martin Meissner/AP)
March 3, 2024, 1:10 pm
Belgian police arrest adult, 3 minors over jihadist plot messages
Federal prosecutor’s office says probe showed four suspects were planning an attack
By AFP
Demonstrators hold signs and wave flags during a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel rally in Brussels, January 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
January 21, 2024, 11:21 pm
Hundreds attend pro-Palestinian march to EU district in Belgian capital
Israeli FM Israel Katz and Palestinian Authority top diplomat Riyad al-Maliki are expected in Brussels on Monday to discuss war in Gaza with EU member states
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Vandalized headstones at the ancient Jewish cemetery of Námestovo, Slovakia, in December 2019. (Courtesy of ZCN via JTA)
November 24, 2023, 4:25 am
Authorities launch probe after at least 85 Jewish graves damaged in Belgian cemetery
Gravedigger in city of Charleroi discovers damage to Jewish section of cemetery; mayor: ‘Place chosen, theft of many Stars of David leave little doubt of antisemitic intentions’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Belgian police officers investigate the scene where the suspected perpetrator of a terror shooting was killed, in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels on October 17, 2023. (JOHN THYS/AFP)
October 24, 2023, 11:00 am
Two men charged in Paris over alleged ties to Brussels terror gunman
Men accused of forming terror group and complicity in murder in October 16 attack, when Abdesalem Lassoued shot dead 2 Swedish soccer fans before being killed by police
By AFP
Police patrol as a van is towed from a shooting scene in the center of Brussels, Octoberr 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Carlson)
October 17, 2023, 1:07 pm
Police shoot dead suspect in killing of 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street
Amid highest terror alert in capital, Belgian authorities say uncertain if alleged Tunisian extremist is the gunman; soccer fans were kept in stadium for 2 hours, match suspended
By Agencies
Belgian police officers from the forensic service at the scene of a suspected terror shooting in which two people were killed, in Brussels on October 16, 2023. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)
October 17, 2023, 12:23 am
Belgium raises terror alert to highest level as 2 Swedes killed in Brussels shooting
Belgian source says a video is circulating of an Arabic-speaking man claiming responsibility for the killings; not clear if attack linked to global uproar over Israel-Hamas war
By Agencies
An arrivals and departure board is seen behind blown out windows at Zaventem Airport in Brussels, March 23, 2016. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)
September 16, 2023, 2:51 am
Belgian court hands out heavy sentences over Brussels terror attack
Eight men given lengthy prison time over 2016 suicide bombings at airport and metro that killed 32 people and were claimed by Islamic State
By Matthieu Demeestere
An arrivals and departure board is seen behind blown out windows at Zaventem Airport in Brussels, March 23, 2016. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)
July 26, 2023, 8:54 am
Six found guilty of murder for 2016 jihadist bombings in Brussels that killed 32
Attacks on Brussels’ main airport and on the metro system, which also wounded hundreds of people, were claimed by the Islamic State terror group
By Matthieu Demeestere
Belgium's Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib speaks to the press during a NATO foreign affairs ministers' meeting, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 4, 2023. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
June 21, 2023, 4:55 am
Belgian official resigns, foreign minister on hot seat over junket for Tehran mayor
Pascel Smet steps down as top diplomat for Brussels Region state, saying taxpayers should not have funded trips; Hadja Lahbib urged to follow suit for granting visas to visitors
By Canaan Lidor
A baby left at check-in at Ben Gurion Aiport, January 31, 2023 (Channel 12 screenshot, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 31, 2023, 4:44 pm
Parents leave ticketless baby at airport check-in as they rush to board flight
Couple traveling from Ben Gurion to Brussels had not purchased a seat for infant; airport staff intercept them, send them back to get child
By ToI Staff
Socialist lawmaker Eva Kaili, center, chats prior the speech of Greek prime minister George Papandreou to his Socialist lawmakers members of parliament, in Athens, November 3, 2011 (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)
December 10, 2022, 10:35 pm
Vice president of EU parliament suspended amid suspicions Qatar bought influence
Eva Kaili and four other suspects, including a former Italian MEP, questioned over corruption and money laundering related to Gulf nation
By Agencies
Belgian police officers stand in a cordoned-off area where two police colleagues were stabbed on Thursday, in Brussels, November 11, 2022. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
November 11, 2022, 3:43 pm
Belgium terror stabbing suspect was on list as potential Islamic extremist
Alleged attacker spent six years in prison, threatened police at station earlier in day before attack but avoided arrest after asking for psychological help
By Raf Casert
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