The FBI is looking into the anti -Semitic attack targeting Americans who served in the Israeli Defense Army

The FBI investigatesA horrific attack hostile to Semitism“This happened in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

The aim of the attack was an American citizen who served with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

After three in the morning on August 5, officers from Clayton Police Department CPD arrived at the scene of the accident, where three vehicles were shot outside the home of the American citizen, whose name was not revealed. The phrase “Death to IDF” was drawn with spraying in the corridor. Officials treat the accident as a hate crime and believe that fires have been intentionally placed.

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“Anyone who will attack Jewish Americans, you can expect criminal charges, unlike the previous administration,” Leo Terril, who leads the Ministry of Justice to combat anti -Semitism, told Fox News. He later pledged to X that the Trump administration will ensure that “those who commit anti -Semitic hate crimes will be brought to justice. Lack of tolerance with Jewish hatred in America!”

The mayor of Caliton Bridge Mamkermu condemned the attack on Tuesday, saying that the city “will not tolerate harassment, intimidation or violence based on the nationality of a person, race, religion, or ideology.”

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“The attack on a Jewish family in St. Louis is another example of political and ideological violence that should be concerned with everyone. When knowing the incident, the embassy alerted the great lawyer to the Assistant Prosecutor of Civil Law at the United States Ministry of Justice, lawyer Leo Terrell, who implements Zero’s policy of tolerance with Zero tolerance The anti -Israel violence A spokesman for the Israeli embassy in the capital told Fox News Digital.

While hate crimes decreased slightly in 2024, according to the data of the FBI, anti -Jewish hate crimes reached the highest new level. The office recorded 11,679 incidents of hate crime in 2024 compared to 11,862 in 2023. Although Jews make up about 2 % of the population of the United States, according to PEW Research, FBI data indicates that 16 % of hate crimes and about 70 % of all the debt -based hate crimes were hostile.

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the The Anti -Distinction Association (ADL) also tracks anti -Semitic incidents, documenting a total of 9,354 in 2024, which is the highest recorded number since it started scheduling in 1979. The difference between ADL numbers and the Federal Investigation Office is due to the ADL inclusion for non -criminal business, while the office is only the criminal compensation.

the Trump administration It focused on combating the high anti -Semitism in the United States by creating a Terill’s business squad. In addition, the administration worked to punish universities that it says did not deal adequately from anti -Semitism on its campus.