A Jewish school in Montreal was hit by gunfire early Sunday, marking the third time in less than a week that a Jewish school in the Canadian city was attacked amid rising tensions over the conflict between Israel and Gaza, police said. according to local information. media.
No one was injured, but the facade of the Montreal Yeshiva Gedola was hit. Bullet impact marks and bullet casings were found after residents heard gunshots early Sunday, CBC News in Canada reported.
At the other two Montreal schools, both reported finding a bullet hole in the front doors on Thursday morning, local media reported.
It was unclear whether the incidents at Jewish schools in the city’s west end were related.
But on Wednesday, a violent altercation at Concordia University between people aligned with opposing sides of the conflict in Israel and Gaza resulted in injuries and an arrest, according to CBC News.
Mayer Feig, a member of the Quebec Council of Hasidic Jews, says school shootings are aimed at intimidating the city’s Jewish population, the news agency previously reported.
This attack is the third in less than a week at a Jewish school in Montreal. Formula 1 via Getty Images
In Toronto, police reported that hate crimes against Jews and Muslims had more than doubled the figure for all of 2022 in the three weeks after the initial Hamas attack on October 7.
Israel says the attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas killed about 1,400 people and more than 240 were taken hostage. The subsequent Israeli bombing of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip has killed more than 10,000 people, Palestinian health authorities say.
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