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Antisemitic graffiti was sprayed across the rolled-down shutter of a kosher bakery in Rome, Italian media report.

"Dirty Jews, may you all burn," reads the graffiti, which, according to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, was uncovered by the bakery's workers this morning.

The bakery is located in Via Avicenna, in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Viale Marconi.

Antisemitic incidents have skyrocketed in Italy since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.

The most recent report by the Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea (CDEC), a Milan-based think tank that monitors antisemitism in Italy, revealed that in 2024, its antisemitism watchdog received 877 complaints about antisemitic incidents in the country, compared to 454 in 2023 and 241 in 2022.

Several prominent incidents have also been registered in 2025. Among others, two Jewish teens were attacked and beaten in Milan in June, and another attack was reported against several Jewish tourists in Venice.