The Danish army will be mobilized to relieve police of security duties around “Jewish and Israeli” targets in Copenhagen, Denmark’s defense ministry announced on Sunday, AFP reported.

“The situation in Israel and Gaza is putting a heavy strain on police resources. In this context, it was decided (…) that the armed forces will support surveillance of Jewish and Israeli institutions in Copenhagen, such as the synagogue and the Israeli embassy, ​​Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said.

The troops will be sent from December 6 for a period that has not yet been determined. The requirements will be reviewed periodically, the Ministry of Defense reports on its website.

Several demonstrations in response to Israel’s war against Hamas, combined with the burning of the Koran in the Scandinavian country, have overburdened the Danish police.

“We are in a situation where the terrorist threat to Denmark is serious,” said Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard. “The conflict in the Middle East has led to an absolutely unacceptable increase in anti-Semitism and insecurity among Danish Jews,” he added.

According to the independent research institute Utrikespolitiska institutet, between 6,000 and 8,000 people of the Jewish faith live in Denmark.

Asked by AFP if similar measures would be taken for Muslim institutions in the country, the defense ministry did not respond.

The beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas was the bloody and unprecedented attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement on the territory of Israel in the Gaza Strip on October 7.

According to Israel, 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack. In response, Israel has vowed to “destroy” Hamas and is carrying out heavy bombing raids on the tiny Palestinian territory.

According to the latest figures from the Hamas government, more than 15,200 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the conflict began, “70 percent of them women and children.”