Netherlands prepares for World War II remembrance amid Gaza security fears

AMSTERDAM, May 4 ― The Netherlands was preparing for its annual World War II remembrance ceremony in Amsterdam today with restricted public access and heightened security as a result of the war in Gaza.The city of Amsterdam announced earlier in the week that it would severely restrict attendance to the ceremony on the city’s central Dam square.

Dutch authorities have said the Israel-Hamas war and heightened insecurity in the Middle East have raised the risk of protests or disturbances. Hundreds of thousands gather at Dam square and other places throughout the Netherlands on May 4 every year to hold two minutes of silence at 8:00 p.m. to commemorate the victims of World War Two.This year only 10,000 people, who had to register to get an entrance ticket, will be allowed at the national commemoration in Amsterdam, and visitors will be searched.

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