Record number of hate incidents against British Jews reported, says antisemitism charity

More than 1,000 incidents recorded in UK since 7 October Hamas attacks, including targeting of schools

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Jewish people in Britain have experienced the worst wave of hate incidents in modern times with more than 1,000 recorded after the Hamas massacres in Israel, experts in countering antisemitism have said.

The Community Security Trust said on Friday it had recorded the highest 28-day total since it started counting in 1984.