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Barcelona police arrest Chinese businessman for financing Hamas through his beauty shop

The man is accused of sending Hamas 600,000 Euros (some $710,000) in crypto-assets to finance their terror operations, the police said in a statement.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Mossos d'Esquadra police officers stand on the stage as they attend a press conference.
A giant portrait of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in 2024, is unfurled on Barceloneta Beach in the second anniversary of her death and after a film about her death received an Oscar nomination, in Barcelona, Spain January 29, 2026.

Giant portrait of Hind Rajab, girl killed in Gaza war, unfurled on Barcelona beach

Protesters in Barcelona unveil a giant portrait of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl killed in the Israel-Hamas War, as her mother calls for global attention to Gaza's children.

|ByREUTERS
One of the Jewish graves desecrated at Les Corts cemetary in Barcelona.

Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized at Barcelona cemetery

Spanish politician Daniel Sirera responded to the incident, stating in a post to X/Twitter, “It is not mere vandalism: it is antisemitism.”

|ByESTHER DAVIS
Train line R1 out of service, while all railway infrastructure is checked after three derailments in 48 hours caused accidents that left dozens dead in El Masnou, Spain, January 22, 2026.

Train collides with crane in Spain's fourth rail crash in a week, four injured

Several people suffered minor injuries in the crash near the port city of Cartagena in the Murcia region, authorities reported on Thursday.

|ByREUTERS

No compromise on antisemitism

Antisemitism is fundamentally mythical, an irrational explanation of the world.

AUGUST 22, 2017ByCHAIM STEINMETZ
Members of the Ku Klux Klan face counter-protesters as they rally in support of Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. July 8, 2017

Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona van driver suspect

Spanish police used robots to assess if Younes Abouyaaqoub's explosive belt was fake.

AUGUST 21, 2017ByREUTERS
The suspected van is towed away from the area where it crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 18, 2017.

Barcelona rabbi backtracks doomsday comments

The Jewish community of Barcelona is upset by chief rabbi Meir Bar-Hen's interview published after last week's terror attack.

AUGUST 20, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Police evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017.

Catalonia BDS chapter says Europe is ‘responsible’ for Barcelona attack

BDS Catalonia made the accusation one day after 14 people were killed in Barcelona.

AUGUST 20, 2017ByJTA
Police evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017.

Hezbollah condemns Barcelona attack, saying it 'harms the image of jihad'

The Lebanese terrorist organization called out the Syrian-based terror group.

AUGUST 20, 2017ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
A Hezbollah fighter stands in front of anti-tank artillery at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border.

Spain says cell behind Catalan attacks dismantled, police seek van driver

The driver abandoned the van and fled on Thursday after speeding along a section of Las Ramblas, leaving a trail of dead and injured.

AUGUST 19, 2017ByREUTERS
A Spanish police officer looks over a street in Barcelona after a van ramming attack there killed 13, August 18, 2017.

Following terror attack, Barcelona’s chief rabbi says community is doomed

“I tell my congregants: Don’t think we’re here for good. And I encourage them to buy property in Israel. This place is lost."

AUGUST 18, 2017ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
The suspected van is towed away from the area where it crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 18, 2017.

Eight suspected terrorists involved in Barcelona attack

Spanish security forces are still hunting for the van driver of the Barcelona attack.

AUGUST 18, 2017ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
A Spanish police officer looks over a street in Barcelona after a van ramming attack there killed 13, August 18, 2017.

Spanish police: Seven wounded, five attackers killed in second 'terrorist incident'

The operation came after a van attack in Barcelona on Thursday that left at least 13 dead.

AUGUST 18, 2017ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Officers investigate at the scene where police had killed four attackers in Cambrils, south of Barcelona, in this still image taken on August 18, 2017.

Spain hunts van driver who mowed down Barcelona crowd, killing 13

One attacker was shot dead in a shootout with police, two people have been arrested.

AUGUST 18, 2017ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Police patrol the area after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017