Three alleged terrorists were arrested Thursday in Denmark on suspicion of planning an attack directed at Jews, while another suspect was arrested in the Netherlands.
According to the Israeli prime minister’s office, Israel’s Mossad foiled the attack that they said was planned against Jews in Denmark.
The prime minister’s office said the terrorists were “acting on behalf of the terrorist organization Hamas” and that Mossad had “foiled an attack aimed at killing innocent citizens on European soil,” according to Israel National News, adding, “In recent years, and even more so after the murderous attack on October 7, Hamas strives to expand its operational capabilities around the world and in Europe in particular in order to realize its ambitions to strike Israeli, Jewish, and Western targets at any cost.”
“We work together with our partners in the intelligence and security bodies in Denmark on the successful countermeasures that culminated today with the carrying out of the arrests and the extensive exposure of Hamas infrastructure on European soil, and we see great importance in promoting the legal proceedings against those involved,” the statement continued. “The terrorist organization Hamas works indiscriminately and in every way it can to expand its deadly activities to Europe, thus posing a threat to the internal security of these countries. The Mossad and the Shin Bet will continue to operate with their partners in Israel and around the world in order to thwart the intentions of Hamas and eliminate its capabilities.”
“This is extremely serious,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in Brussels. “It is, of course — in relation to Israel and Gaza — completely unacceptable for someone to bring a conflict elsewhere in the world into Danish society. For a number of years now, we have seen that there are people living in Denmark who do not wish us well. Who are against our freedom and who are against Danish society, with all that it entails.”
Earlier this week, the Netherlands announced raising their terrorism threat level to “substantial.”
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In 2015, a 22-year-old Danish Muslim gunman killed one person and injured three police officers at a free speech debate in a café; he also murdered a Jewish man and wounded two police officers near Copenhagen’s main synagogue. The gunman had sworn allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.