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Nordhausen (dpa / th) - In Nordhausen, three strangers tried to set fire to an Israel flag on the town hall. While the flag remained undamaged, the facade of the town hall was damaged, a police spokeswoman said on Friday. Nordhausen is twinned with the city of Bet Shemesh in Israel and hung the flag on the facade of the city hall in solidarity because of the escalation of violence in the Gaza conflict.
The conflict between Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East has been escalating for days. Palestinian militants have targeted rocket attacks in Israel. Israel blames the Hamas organization for this. The Israeli security forces responded during the night with air strikes on targets in the densely Palestinian-populated Gaza Strip.
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