Via Algemeiner:
A venerated rabbi in Casablanca, Morocco, sustained serious injuries, including broken bones, in a beating by an Arab assailant on Friday night, according to a local report.
The suspect, who was in his 20s, and who local officials said was known to the police, attacked Rabbi Moshe Ohayon near a synagogue after evening services, breaking several of his ribs in the process.
“This is revenge for what the Jews are doing in Gaza,” the rabbi told police the assailant said during the ambush attack, in which he beat and kicked the rabbi in the chest and head.
Passersby did not heed his calls for help, the report said.
Community leaders were shocked by the boldness of the attack on Ohayon, who is a major figure in the ancient city, which has been home to Jews for centuries.