Jews and people flying to the United States were specifically targeted during a suicide bomb attack at Brussels airport last year.
It has emerged that the departure lounge for flights to Tel Aviv was among the original targets of the coordinated terrorist attacks on March 22 in which 32 people were killed and 300 injured.
Daesh claimed responsibility for the attacks, at Zaventem airport and an hour later at Maalbeek metro station. Belgian authorities are continuing an investigation into the bombings.
“We know they wanted to target Americans,” said a source from the investigation speaking to the French news service AFP.
