The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in The Hague was painted with red paint as a sign of protest over the stance of the country’s authorities on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. writes about this NL Times.
Protesters accused the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs of participating in Israel’s indiscriminate military operations in the Gaza Strip and posted photographs of Palestinian corpses on the facade of the ministry building.
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the incident as “unacceptable vandalism of the government building”. It was noted that the red paint campaign attracted great attention as the building attracted great attention from tourists and local residents and they often took photos next to it.
Before that, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu statedHe said that Israel will enter Rafah despite international pressure.
The situation in the Middle East escalated further on October 7, when thousands of armed Hamas supporters entered Israel from the Gaza Strip. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s intervention operation was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector.
Previously WHO stated About the “unprecedented” famine in the Gaza Strip.