Businesses, homes and synagogues have been defaced with graffiti and set alight, in a series of attacks escalating in frequency and severity.

A childcare center in Sydney was set alight on Tuesday (January 21) early morning and antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on the wall, authorities said, the latest in a spate of attacks in Australia targeting Jews.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has held a meeting of state and territory leaders to tackle a wave of antisemitic attacks across the country, the latest involving the suspected firebombing of a childcare center in Sydney.

Australian police are investigating after a childcare centre was torched on Tuesday, the latest in a string of anti-Semitic attacks across the country. The centre in Sydney, located near the Maroubra Synagogue,