14 people were sentenced on Friday for their involvement in the storming of the office of the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague in December 2021. Ten suspects received a three-month prison sentence for entering the building. Four others had hit an OPCW security guard and punched and pushed officers, the court found. They have to spend another month in prison. 20 other suspects have been acquitted because it was not clear whether they were in the building or only on the grounds outside.
Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reduce the level of force used against the Palestinian people and avoid large-scale military action in Rafah on the same day that the Netherlands announced it would appeal against a court order that it stopped
The municipality of The Hague decided to take extra security measures around the Israeli Embassy in the Netherlands. Black screens have been placed around the building on Johan de Wittlaan, and there are several police officers on site, Omroep West reports.