3 synagogues hit by gunfire as Canada witnesses more antisemitic incidents

There were shootings at two synagogues in Toronto over the weekend. A few days earlier, on the Jewish holiday of Purim, another synagogue was hit by nearly twenty gunshots.

Although the three attacks did not cause any injuries, many in the Jewish community are demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney take concrete action, not the comforting words that come after such anti-Semitic incidents.

Carney told

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Following the first synagogue attack, Israel’s National Security Council warned Israelis abroad to “be careful and comply with security measures.” Among his recommendations were for Israelis to “conceal their Jewish and Israeli identities in public spaces,” be aware of their surroundings “in areas associated with Israel or Judaism,” and “avoid visiting places identified as Jewish or Israeli.”

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on channel X that “all eyes are on Canada: It is time to stem the unprecedented wave of Jew hatred that has erupted since October 7.”

Anti-Israel demonstrators gather outside Union Station during a rally in Toronto, Ontario, on January 4, 2024. (Mert Alper Derviş/Anadolu, via Getty Images)

Like many Western countries, Canada has seen a noticeable increase in annual antisemitic incidents since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Human Rights Alliance B’nai Brith Canada found that 6,219 incidents of antisemitism occurred in Canada in 2024. This amounted to an average of 17 incidents per day; This was more than double the eight daily events calculated in 2022.

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Figures for 2025 have not been announced yet. Public Safety Canada He noted that between April and June 2025, “the majority of hate crimes targeting religion (69%) were directed at the Jewish community.”

Conservative MP Roman Baber said the actions of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and other liberal Canadian politicians are “fueling the fire of Jew hatred in Canada.”

Baber further criticized Carney, saying, “When the Prime Minister on the campaign trail says he knows there is genocide in Gaza, he is engaging in Jew hatred.”

General view of Beth Avraham Yoseph from the Toronto synagogue in Thornhill, north of Toronto, Ontario. The place of worship was one of three synagogues attacked in early March 2026.

Baber was referring to an incident in April 2025 in which a rogue shouted “genocide is happening in Gaza” to a large crowd. Carney responded, “I know, that’s why we have an arms embargo.”

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Carney later said he didn’t hear the scammer use the term “genocide.”

“The Prime Minister rewarded Hamas’ brutality when he recognized the state of Palestine, and he did so on the eve of Rosh Hashanah,” Baber said.

In his announcement the day before the Jewish holiday, Carney claimed that “recognizing the State of Palestine, led by the Palestinian Authority, empowers those who seek peaceful coexistence and the end of Hamas” and that it “in no way legitimizes terrorism and is not a reward for it.” He also claimed that the recognition “in no way compromises Canada’s steadfast support for the State of Israel, its people and its security.”

Anti-Israel protesters gather outside the Beth Avraham Yoseph synagogue in Toronto on March 7, 2024. The place of worship was one of three synagogues hit in the first week of March 2026. (Mert Alper Derviş/Anadolu, via Getty Images)

Watchdog organization StopAntisemitism told Fox News Digital: “Every day we see painful reminders that antisemitism remains a real and dangerous threat. Acts of violence aimed at intimidating or silencing our community will not succeed. Loud and proud Jews will not allow hatred or fear to deter our Jewish way of life or our presence in the world. Not in Canada, not in the United States, not in Europe, and certainly not in Israel.”

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Stop Antisemitism called for perpetrators to be “punished to the fullest extent of the law so that justice is served and deterrence is evident.”