A Jewish school in Montreal was hit by gunfire early Sunday, making it the third time in less than a week that a Jewish school in the Canadian city has been hit amid heightened tensions over the conflict between Israel and Gaza, police said, according to local sources. the media.
No one was injured but the facade of Yeshiva Gedola from Montreal was hit. Bullet and bullet wounds were found after residents heard gunfire early Sunday, Canada’s CBC News reported.
At two other schools in Montreal, both reported finding bullet holes in their front doors Thursday morning, local media reported.
It is unclear whether the incident at the Jewish school in the city’s west end is related.
But on Wednesday, a violent altercation at Concordia University between people from opposing sides of the conflict in Israel and Gaza resulted in injuries and arrests, according to CBC News.
Mayer Feig, a member of the Hasidic Jewish Council of Quebec, said the school shooting was intended to scare the city’s Jewish population, the news agency reported earlier.
The attack was the third in less than a week at a Jewish school in Montreal. Formula 1 via Getty Images
In Toronto, police have reported hate crimes against Jews and Muslims have more than doubled the total for 2022 in the three weeks since the initial Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
Israel says attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas have killed about 1,400 people and taken more than 240 hostages. Israel’s offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has killed more than 10,000 people, Palestinian health authorities say.
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