Man Arrested After Firing Shots Outside Temple In Albany

A 28 year old man fired a shotgun twice outside Temple Israel in Albany hours before the start of Hanukkah on Thursday, then said “Free Palestine” as he was taken into custody, police said. No one was injured. The Saratogian reports the episode in the state capital of Albany took place amid rising fears of antisemitism worldwide and fallout from Israel’s intensifying war in Gaza, which faces heightened criticism for the mounting Palestinian death toll.