According to an article in the Montreal Gazette, Jewish business owners in that city are being targeted by pro-Hamas supporters, the National Post reports.

The Gazette adds that many of the owners are too scared to speak up about the blatant racism.

The attacks apparently started with videos on TikTok and other social media sites listing Jewish-owned businesses in the city and telling people to boycott them. However, it has since advanced to people now visiting these establishments and vandalizing them.

The National Post provides more details of the vandalism:

“The owner of a chain of local coffee shops told the Montreal Gazette that ‘last weekend, they put swastikas on the … menus downtown and they wrote F— THE JEWS.’”

“The owner added that protesters scrawled in permanent black marker “Free Palestine!” on the plates of one of his restaurants in Verdun. The windshield of one of his vehicles was also smashed. The Gazette has chosen not to make public the owner’s name or identify the businesses, as the individual fears potential reprisals.”

It is reminiscent of how the Nazis initially started targeting Jewish businesses in Germany before the start of World War II. That eventually progressed to the slaughter of six million Jews at concentration camps.

READ: Jewish-owned businesses in Montreal targeted with antisemitic profanity

For the second time in seven days, a Jewish School in Montreal was also hit by gunfire.

Police report that a bullet hole was found on the outside of Yeshiva Gedola on Sunday, Nov 12, 2023, after people heard shots being fired and saw a car fleeing the scene.

Shots were also fired overnight at the facility, which includes a daycare, elementary and high school, on Thursday (Nov 9, 2023).

The day before, teachers at the Talmud Torah Elementary School also in Montreal found a bullet hole in their building when they showed up for work on Wednesday morning.

READ: Montreal Jewish school hit by gunfire for second time in less than a week as city experiences uptick in hate crimes