Historic synagogue in Tunisia heavily damaged in rioting tied to Israel-Hamas war

A historic synagogue in Tunisia was reduced to rubble amid mass rioting after an explosion in a Gaza hospital that terror group Hamas and much of the Arab world falsely blamed on Israel.

Hundreds of people were filmed setting fire to a synagogue in the central Tunisian city of Al Hammah. Videos that circulated widely on social media showed people planting Palestinian flags and chipping away at the synagogue building’s stone walls, all without any police intervention.

A video shows heavy damage to the site, including to the fenced-off grave of a 16th-century rabbi that been a historic pilgrimage site for some Jews.

The incident, which has deprived Al Hammah of a key vestige of its Jewish past, comes amid attacks on other Jewish and Israeli sites around the world

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