Antisemitic and anti Israeli attacks around the world since October 7 2023

Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed by a lone gunman in Washington, DC, on Wednesday and a suspect who chanted pro-Palestine slogans is in custody, officials said.

Attacks against Jews and Jewish targets have risen worldwide since war erupted in Gaza in October 2023 following an attack on Israel by Hamas-led militants and Israels subsequent military offensive.

Here are some acts of violence that are thought to have deliberately targeted Jewish or Israeli people and places:

OCTOBER 18, 2023: Two hooded men threw Molotov cocktails at a synagogue in central Berlin.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023: A 53-year-old man was arrested in Tokyo after crashing a car into a barricade near the entrance of the Israeli embassy and injuring a police officer.

MAY 1, 2024: Warsaw authorities detained a teenager after a historic synagogue in Polands capital was hit by a bottle containing a flammable substance, police said.

MAY 17, 2024: French police shot dead a knife-wielding Algerian man who set fire to a synagogue and threatened police in the city of Rouen.

JUNE 2024: A Jordanian national broke into a solar power generation facility in Wedgefield, Florida, and caused more than $450,000 in damage. In May 2025, he was sentenced to six years in U.S. federal prison for threats against and attacks on businesses over their perceived support for Israel, after pleading guilty in December.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024: German police shot dead an Austrian suspected Islamist gunman in Munich in an exchange of fire close to the Israeli consulate.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024: Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani citizen living in Canada, was arrested and charged with planning a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn around October 7, 2024 in support of the Islamic State, the Department of Justice said.

OCTOBER 10, 2024: A shooting took place near an Israeli