BRUSSELS – The torching of a car overnight in Antwerp, Belgium for which two minors were arrested, is being treated as a suspected antisemitic attack, a Belgian official said on Tuesday.

European countries including Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain have witnessed incidents targeting the Jewish community since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran on February 28.

A spokesperson for the Antwerp prosecutor said an investigation was under way, and that the two suspects had been arrested shortly before midnight on Monday, moments after the attack.

They said a video circulating on social media that purportedly showed the arson attack appeared authentic and was part of the investigation. Reuters did not independently verify the video.

In a post on X, the European Jewish Congress condemned the arson attack, saying that it “reflects a deeply troubling escalation in acts targeting Jewish communities.”

Over the past two weeks, synagogues have been attacked in Liege, Belgium, and in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, as was a Jewish school in Amsterdam. In Britain, counterterrorism officers are leading an investigation into an attack on Jewish community ambulances.

The deliberate arson attack on a car in the Jewish district of Antwerp, reportedly claimed by “Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya”, is a matter of grave concern. Together with the recent burning of Jewish ambulances in London, it........

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