Jewish deadly shooting survivors fear LA anti-Semitism during Israel-Hamas War

As the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies, members of the Jewish community across Los Angeles are grappling with heightened fears of anti-Semitic violence. This disturbing trend has deeply affected many, although, for some, the fear is nothing new. 

One survivor of an anti-Semitic deadly shooting recalled her story to KCAL News Tuesday of August 10, 1999, when a white supremacist walked into the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills and opened fire with a machine gun, killing one person and injuring four children. 

"I went to look out the door, and I see him, standing there with an Uzi and shooting rounds," she said. "We started barricading ourselves." 

Her daughter, Danielle, was just 10 years old at the time. "I hid behind a trash can and started praying," she recalled. 

They added the horror of that day feels raw again as they watch Jews in Israel being attacked. As the war in the Middle East rages on, other individuals around the world are increasingly reliving past experiences when they were targeted for their Jewish identity.

The conflict between the Jewish state of Israel and Hamas has been tumultuous for decades. But on that Saturday, October 7th, Hamas terrorists broke through the barrier at the border between Israel and Gaza, launching an unprecedented attack. Gunmen killed civilians in the street and kidnapped hostages, in some cases parading them in the streets.

260 festival-goers died at the hands of Hamas militants.