{"id":561093,"date":"2026-07-27T01:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/561093\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:03:10","slug":"jewish-owned-bakeries-targeted-in-toronto-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/561093\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish-owned bakeries targeted in Toronto attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

CTV News Toronto\u2019s Beth Macdonell reports on the ongoing police investigation, which come after multiple GTA synagogues were targeted by gunfire. <\/p>\n

Toronto police are investigating after two locations of Jewish-owned Kiva\u2019s bagel bar were targeted in separate incidents Sunday morning, including one where a window was struck by gunfire.<\/p>\n

In multiple posts to social media, police say officers were first called to the Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue West<\/a> area at around 8 a.m. after reports that a window at a Jewish-owned bakery had been struck by gunfire.<\/p>\n

Investigators located evidence of a firearm discharge at the scene. However, no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

Roughly 20 minutes later, officers responded to another location of the \u201csame Jewish owned bakery chain\u201d near Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West<\/a> after receiving reports of a broken window.<\/p>\n

\"\"KIVAS Police investigating two separate incidents targeting locations of the same Jewish-owned bakery chain on Sunday July, 26, 2026 (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n

At that location, police say investigators found no evidence of gunfire and that no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know when the shooting occurred. Both incidents occurred sometime overnight,\u201d police told CP24 in an email. <\/p>\n

At this time, no suspect descriptions have been provided.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is concerning\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters, Duty Insp. Scott Bradbury said investigators are treating this matter as suspected hate-motivated offences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that this is concerning for those that work and live in this area, especially members of the Jewish community, and we have all the resources available to thoroughly investigate this matter,\u201d Bradbury said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we don\u2019t know what the connection is, other than that it\u2019s the same Jewish-owned business chain, and that it happened sometime overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"TPS Police investigating two separate incidents targeting locations of the same Jewish-owned bakery chain on Sunday July, 26, 2026 (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n

He said members of the Toronto police Hate Crime Unit, Guns and Gangs Integrated Task Force and local divisional officers are canvassing the areas for evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of our hate crime, members of our guns and gang integrated task force, and our divisional units are here canvassing the area, so members of the public can be aware that there\u2019s going to be an increased presence of police in the area conducting our investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At a separate news conference, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow condemned the incidents.<\/p>\n

\"\"CHOW Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow speaking to reporters on Sunday July 26, 2026 (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n

\u201cAny kind of hate really has no place in Toronto,\u201d Chow said.<\/p>\n

She added that police will continue to increase security measures around Jewish institutions across the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe in Toronto will double our efforts. Toronto police through Project Resolute<\/a> have been guarding synagogues and Jewish community centres and places 24\/7, and we\u2019ll see what else we could do. But anyone that is committing a crime should be arrested and punished,\u201d Chow said.<\/p>\n

Though the incidents occurred outside of York Region, York Regional Police shared<\/a> their thoughts with everyone impacted by the incidents, saying they \u201cunderstand how these events can affect people\u2019s sense of safety and security.\u201d<\/p>\n

One local resident expressed her frustrations to CTV News, calling the attacks \u201cinfuriating.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has got to stop in this city, all this rhetoric is allowed to go on, all these protests in Jewish communities,\u201d Jill Kleiner said. \u201cOnly when governments clamp down on this, will our city be safe again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Shaken, but we are not retreating\u2019<\/p>\n

Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs noted that Kiva\u2019s bagel bar is a \u201chot spot\u201d for members of the community. <\/p>\n

\"\"Noah Shack Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a hot spot, particularly on a Sunday morning for families to get together, enjoy themselves, and being together with family time,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cNothing can justify crimes being perpetrated against Canadians on Canadian soil. Period…Thankfully, no one was injured or killed in this incident. We\u2019re grateful for that, but of course concerned about how this could continue to escalate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Adam Minsky, president and CEO of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, said the community is not only \u201cshaken\u201d by the weekend\u2019s events, they are \u201cangry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJewish Torontonians should not have to wonder whether the places where we gather openly and proudly will be the next targets of violence or intimidation,\u201d Minsky said in a statement, adding that they are grateful for the police\u2019s swift response so far. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur community is shaken, but we are not retreating. Jewish life in Toronto will remain visible, vibrant, resilient, and strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

With files from CTV News Toronto\u2019s Beth Macdonell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CTV News Toronto\u2019s Beth Macdonell reports on the ongoing police investigation, which come after multiple GTA synagogues were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6772,85,46,43],"class_list":["post-561093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-apple-news","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}