A Jewish college in Montreal was hit by gunfire early on Sunday, making it the third time in lower than per week {that a} Jewish college within the Canadian metropolis was hit amid heightened tensions over the battle between Israel and Gaza, police stated, in line with native media.

No one was injured however the facade of Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal was struck. Bullet impression marks and bullet shells have been discovered after residents heard gunfire early on Sunday, CBC News in Canada reported.

At the 2 different faculties in Montreal, each reported discovering a bullet gap of their entrance doorways Thursday morning, native media reported.

It was unclear if the incidents at Jewish faculties within the metropolis’s west finish have been associated.

But on Wednesday, a violent altercation at Concordia University between folks aligned with opposing sides of the battle in Israel and Gaza resulted in accidents and an arrest, in line with CBC News.

Mayer Feig, a member of the Council of Hasidic Jews of Quebec, says taking pictures at faculties is supposed to intimidate the Jewish inhabitants within the metropolis, the information company reported earlier.

In Toronto, police have reported hate crimes towards Jews and Muslims had greater than doubled the tally for all of 2022 within the three weeks after the preliminary Hamas assault on Oct. 7.

Israel says the assault by the Palestinian militant group Hamas killed an estimated 1,400 folks and greater than 240 have been taken hostage. The ensuing Israeli bombardment of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has killed greater than 10,000 folks, Palestinian well being authorities say.

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