Stock Photo - State secretary Marie-Colline Leroy, Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne talk to the press after a consultation with representatives of the Jewish community in Belgium, at the Prime Minister's office, in Brussels, Thursday 12 October 2023. This consultation takes place in the context of Hamas' terrorist attacks against Israeli targets and civilians. The purpose of the interview is to listen to the security concerns of the Jewish community. The organizations participating are the Central Israeli Consistory of Belgium, the Forum of Jewish Organizations, the Belgian Jewry Foundation, the CCOJB, KKL (Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund) and Shmira Antwerp (Centraal Israëlitisch Consistorie van België, het Forum der Joodse Organisaties, de Stichting Belgisch Jodendom, het CCOJB, KKL (Keren Kayemeth LeIsraël - Joods Nationaal Fonds) en Shmira Antwerpen). On Saturday morning 7 October, Hamas militants from the occupied Gaza Strip launched massive rocket attacks on Israel and attacked Israeli villages. There are 1,200 deaths and at least 3,000 injuries. The number of deaths from Israel's subsequent airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,050. According to Gaza authorities, some 5,200 people were also injured. BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE.