Two more Toronto-area synagogues hit with gunfire over Shabbat
JTA — Two more Toronto synagogues were hit with gunfire on Shabbat, making three struck since last week.
A shooter fired through the glass doors of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Thornhill neighborhood, at about 11:45 p.m. Friday. Two maintenance workers were still cleaning up from a Shabbat dinner.
Just 30 minutes later, a shooter approached the Orthodox Shaarei Shomayim congregation in North York, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south, and fired multiple rounds at the entrance. In both cases, only the buildings were damaged, and no injuries were reported.
Toronto Police Service, led by the gun and gang task force and hate crime unit, are investigating whether the two incidents are connected. As the investigation continues, TPS said it is maintaining an increased police presence around Jewish neighborhoods, synagogues and community institutions.
The shootings come as Jewish security officials warn of possible threats to Jewish institutions connected to the US-Israel war against Iran, whose agents have planned and staged attacks on Jewish sites around the world for decades.
They also follow a third shooting at a Toronto-area synagogue last week. A Toronto........
