Toronto's police chief says the number of calls reporting hate crimes has surged since the start of the Israel-Hamas war and that more than half of hate crimes this year have targeted the Jewish community.
Toronto's police chief says the number of calls reporting hate crimes has surged since the start of the Israel-Hamas war and that more than half of hate crimes this year have targeted the Jewish community.
Demkiw says of the 84 hate crimes confirmed since January, 56 per cent have been antisemitic in nature.
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