Belgium is turning to Israel for advice as the country looks to improve the security procedures at Brussels Airport, where 16 people were killed in March after an ISIS-inspired suicide bombing.

Belgian authorities are looking at the security measures employed at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel in order to learn how to prevent a repeat of the March attack. At Ben-Gurion, cars are stopped at a checkpoint by armed guards before they enter the premises, and license plates are scanned by camera. If guards detect any suspicious behavior, the car can be pulled over for further questioning and possibly full searches. Monitoring continues inside the terminal, with both plainclothes and uniformed officers, as well as researchers who conduct background checks on passengers.

Deputy Prime Minister and Security Minister Jan Jambon was impressed that many of the security measures are not intrusive to passengers. “There, security measures are present but not visible all the time,” he said.

CNN reported in May that executives from 40 airports around the world visited Ben-Gurion to learn about its innovative security procedures.

Following the terror attack at Brussels Airport, Belgium was reported to be interested in BriefCam, an Israeli invention that allows police authorities to quickly and efficiently search through large databases of security camera footage.

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