The number of anti-Semitic acts has reached "unprecedented level," according to a global report.

 The Anti-Defamation League on Sunday expressed concern that anti-Semitic acts recorded in 2023 could reach "unprecedented levels," saying in its annual global report that the war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza had ignited "a fire that is essentially out of control."

"If the current trend continues, the possibility of living a Jewish life in the West: wearing the Star of David, attending synagogues and community centers, sending children to Jewish schools, belonging to a Jewish club on a university campus, or speaking Hebrew," Uriah Shavit, a professor at Tel Aviv University, wrote in the report. ".

The annual report by the Anti-Defamation League, a major Jewish rights group, said anti-Semitic incidents had been on the rise before the war broke out Oct. 7 after an attack by Hamas on southern Israel, which responded with a devastating bombing campaign and a large-scale military operation. In the Gaza Strip.

Jonathan Greenblatt, president of the New York-based Anti-Defamation League, said: "The aftermath of Hamas's horrific attack on Israel on October 7 was followed by a tsunami of hatred against Jewish groups around the world."

"This year's report is astonishingly alarming, with unprecedented levels of documented anti-Semitic acts, including in the United States," he added.

He continued, "The year 2023 saw the largest number of anti-Semitic incidents ever recorded by the Anti-Defamation League in the United States."

The report, prepared in conjunction with Tel Aviv University, confirmed that anti-Semitic incidents in 2023 far exceeded those in 2022 in most countries with large Jewish populations, including the United States, France, Britain, Australia, Italy, Brazil and Mexico.

The association recorded 7,523 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States in 2023, compared with 3,697 incidents in 2022.

The war in Gaza erupted when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,170 people, most of them civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse count based on official Israeli data.

More than 250 people were abducted, 129 of whom are still being held in Gaza, and 35 of them died, according to Israeli officials.

Israel responded by vowing to "eliminate" Hamas as it carried out a devastating bombing campaign and ground operations in Gaza that left 34,683 dead, most of them civilians, according to the Hamas Health Ministry.