A drone view of 4 ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish group organisation, that had been set on fireplace in an incident that the police say is being handled as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026.
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4 ambulances belonging to a Jewish group organisation in north London had been set ablaze in a suspected antisemitic hate crime, police mentioned on Monday (March 23, 2026).
“An investigation has been launched after 4 ambulances belonging to the Jewish Neighborhood Ambulance service had been set on fireplace in Golders Inexperienced,” Metropolitan Police mentioned in an announcement.
“Officers stay on scene and the arson assault is being handled as an antisemitic hate crime.”
The ambulances belonged to Hatzola, a not-for-profit volunteer organisation that responds to medical emergencies.
The London Hearth Brigade mentioned it despatched six fireplace engines and 40 firefighters to the scene. Calls from residents had been recorded at 01:40 GMT.
“A number of cylinders on the autos exploded and brought on home windows to interrupt in an adjoining block of flats. No accidents are reported.”
The London Hearth Brigade mentioned the hearth was below management by 03:06 GMT.
Assaults towards Jews and Jewish targets have risen worldwide because the October 2023 Hamas assaults in Israel that triggered the Gaza conflict.
Mark Gardner, chief government of the Neighborhood Safety Belief, which advises Britain’s estimated 290,000 Jews on safety issues, mentioned there was an “apparent parallel to related current anti-Jewish arson assaults in Liege, Rotterdam and Amsterdam.”
For the reason that battle, Britain has recorded considerably greater ranges of antisemitic hate.
The most extreme antisemitic incident in Britain final yr was the Manchester assault that killed two Jewish worshippers throughout Yom Kippur, the holiest day within the Jewish calendar.
Printed – March 23, 2026 12:41 pm IST