A terrorist attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur killed two people when an assailant rammed his car into pedestrians and stabbed at least one victim.
The persistent threat of antisemitism was underscored Thursday after at least two people were killed in a U.K. synagogue attack. The violence unfolded as millions of Jews marked Yom Kippur, the holiest day in their faith, and as global efforts continued to free 46 Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Details of the assailant, who attacked the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in England’s northeastern city of Manchester by ramming his car into pedestrians before stabbing at least one person, remain unknown.
British police shot and killed the suspect, and authorities declared the attack a terrorist incident.
« Attacks like the one today in the U.K. sadly are becoming normalized », Jonathan Ruhe, Director of Foreign Policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, told Fox News Digital.
The Community Security Trust (CST), which tracks antisemitic attacks in the U.K., found that « incidents » against the Jewish community across Britain drastically escalated following the Hamas attacks on Israel Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in the Gaza Strip that followed with 4,103 events recorded that year — an all-time high.
In October 2023 alone,1,330 instances of antisemitism were reported by the CST, which includes assault, damage or desecration, threats and abusive behavior against Jews.
