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Antisemitic Incident Reports In US Surged 360% After Oct. 7 Hamas Attack

A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

Reports of antisemitic incidents in the United States surged by 360% after Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel.

From Oct. 7 to Jan. 7, the Anti-Defamation League recorded reports of 3,283 antisemitic incidents, which is a 360% increase from the same time period a year before, in which 712 incidents occurred, the advocacy group said Tuesday.

More than 500 incidents occurred on college campuses and over 240 were in K-12 schools, according to the report. Additionally, the group recorded 60 physical assault incidents and more than 550 vandalism incidents.

With the exception of 2022, when reported incidents hit a historic high, the number of incidents in the three months since Oct. 7 have surpassed ADL reports for any year in the past decade.

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