“This heinous antisemitic attack has seen a young family have their car destroyed and being too frightened to stay in their home simply because they chose to share the joy of Chanukah with the community,” said the director of the Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council.
A car with a Chanukah decoration on its roof was set ablaze in Melbourne early Thursday.
The Christmas morning attack came just 10 days after the Sydney Chanukah mass shooting that killed 15 people and wounded dozens in the most lethal assault on Jews since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led massacre.
There were no injuries reported in the 2:30 a.m. arson in the Melbourne neighborhood of St. Kilda East, but the occupants of a nearby house were evacuated as a precaution.