The attack, one of several recent antisemitic incidents in Australia, comes seven months after another synagogue in Melbourne was targeted by arsonists who set a blaze that injured one and caused widespread damage.

Anti-Israel mob said to chant 'Death to the IDF' while hurling furniture through 'Miznon' window; suspect sets entrance of historic synagogue on fire; 20 people inside evacuate unscathed

The door of a synagogue in the Australian city of Melbourne has been set on fire. About 20 people had gathered in the building on Friday evening at the start of the Jewish Sabbath when a man poured a flammable liquid on the entrance door of the building and set it alight,