An explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Saturday, Sky News reported, citing Dutch media.Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said she believed the explosion that occurred overnight was a targeted attack against the Jewish community.Police and fire services quickly responded to the incident, and damage to the school was reported to be limited.It is not yet clear whether there are any casualties.This attack came while the Middle East is still in crisis, with heavy bombing and military action between the United States and Israel on the one hand and Iran and Hezbollah on the other, along with ongoing retaliatory strikes.
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The incident came a day after an explosion caused a small fire at the entrance to a synagogue in the Dutch coastal city of Rotterdam early Friday.
Police said the case is being treated as arson.The authorities did not announce any casualties in the attack on the synagogue, and the fire that broke out after the explosion was quickly brought under control.Police later said four teenagers were arrested in a car near another synagogue in Rotterdam.A Jewish organization in the Netherlands said in a message on Channel X that an Islamic group posted a video clip on the Internet of the Rotterdam explosion and claimed responsibility for the incident. The organization added that the same group had previously claimed responsibility for an attack on a Jewish synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege earlier in the week.