Was Hamas’ Recent Attack on Israel the Deadliest Single Day for Jews Since the Holocaust?

Yes.

Roughly 250 people were killed during Hamas’ Oct. 11 attack on Israel, according to multiple sources. Nearly three in four Israeli citizens are Jewish.

U.S. Special Antisemitism Envoy Deborah Lipstadt called the attacks “the most lethal assault against Jews since the Holocaust” and former Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said it was “by far the worst day in Israeli history.”

“There have been bloody days in Israel’s history and for Jews around the world since 1945, but none has had a civilian death toll this high,” The Times of Israel reported.

During Operation Reinhard, the largest murder campaign of the Holocaust, 14,348 Jews were killed per day.

Roughly 6,373 Israelis were killed between 1947 and 1949 during the Arab-Israeli War, commonly referred to by Palestinians as the “Nakba.” The deadliest Israeli loss then was the Kfar Etzion massacre, when an estimated 127-151 residents died.

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Sources

CBS News: At least 250 killed in unprecedented Hamas attack in Israel; prime minister says country is “at war”

X (formerly Twitter): Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt

Times of Israel: Was Hamas’s attack on Saturday the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust?

Science: Quantifying the Holocaust: Hyperintense kill rates during the Nazi genocide

Israeli Embassy: Israel’s War of Independence (1947-1949)

USA Today: 15,000 murders a day: August-October 1942 were the Holocaust’s deadliest months

Tablet Magazine: Before the Kidnappings, There Was the Massacre at Kfar Etzion

AP News: Israel Hamas War Live Updates

Guardian: Massacre that marred birth of Israel

BBC: Live Updates

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