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<\/a><\/p>\nA detective stands with a flashlight in front of the smashed window of an Israeli restaurant in Munich, Germany, April 10, 2026. (Felix H\u00f6rhager\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Footage from the scene of Eclipse Grillbar, which the police did not name, show broken windows, including one with a menorah behind it. No one was injured in the incident, which took place after the restaurant closed for the night.<\/p>\n
The restaurant\u2019s owners are Jewish and police are investigating whether the attack was motivated by antisemitism, they told the German news agency dpa.<\/p>\n
The incident adds to a flurry of explosions, all causing minimal damage, at Jewish and Israeli sites across Europe since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, which watchdogs say may have triggered Iranian sleeper cells to act. The German government, which has long offered special support for Israel, has opposed the war.<\/p>\n
Eclipse Grillbar bills itself as \u201cthe first authentic Israeli restaurant in Munich\u201d and has operated in the city\u2019s university district for nearly two decades. Its menu includes classic Israeli fare such as falafel and hummus as well as dishes familiar to Jews from the former Soviet Union, who make up the majority of Jews in Germany. Owner Ben Malenboym was born in Belarus and moved to Israel at 12 with his family in the late 1980s before landing in Munich as an adult.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy restaurant inspires a desire to visit Israel, and I\u2019m sure there are quite a few Germans who have decided to travel there someday,\u201d Malenboym told Germany\u2019s main Jewish newspaper in 2014. \u201cMany have eaten hummus for the first time in their lives here. They seem to have enjoyed it. In any case, they keep coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Supporters of the restaurant are planning to rally outside the damaged building on Friday afternoon. \u201cThe attack was cowardly. And it was not only against a restaurant, but against what it stands for,\u201d said Guy Katz, an Israeli professor at a Munich University who advocates against antisemitism, posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n
Displaying a picture of Eclipse\u2019s patched-up window, Katz added, \u201cAntisemitism must have no place. Not here. Not today. Not at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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