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DISTURBING CCTV footage shows a man attacking two Hasidic children in Brooklyn unprovoked.

The group of children were seen playing on the sidewalk when the man suddenly began his shocking assault.

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The two boys who fell victim to the attack, ages 11 and 13, were in their group when the man on a rental bike stopped and started approaching the children.

Seconds later, the man can be heard screaming "get off the sidewalk."

After the outburst, the aggressor continued walking up to the kids and viciously punched one child in the face.

As the first young boy falls to the ground, the man appears to be walking off before turning back around to continue the assault.

He then grabs and throws another to the ground, repeatedly kicking and stomping on him.

The force of the assailant's blows can be seen physically moving the child's small frame across the concrete sidewalk.

After multiple rough blows, the attacker moves back towards his bike, nonchalantly pushing in the kickstand as his last victim peels himself off the ground and sprints off.

With all the children having finally made their escape, the man can be seen getting back on his bike and pedaling away.

Both boys were taken to the hospital with head injuries, including minor cuts, according to police, but are expected to be okay and make a full recovery.

The NYPD has yet to respond to request for comment by The U.S. Sun.

The attack is now being investigated as a possible hate crime, and police are still looking for the man responsible, reported CBS.

Described as a man between the ages of 18 to 20-years-old, the perpetrator was last seen wearing a black jacket, black and white striped shirt, light blue jeans, and white sneakers.

Following the attack, New York officials began speaking out against anti-Semitic crime.

"This assault on a group of Orthodox Jewish children is disgusting," the Borough's president, Antonio Reynoso, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

"Antisemitism has no home in Brooklyn," he continued.

Reynoso went on to state that his Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident and his office is "monitoring the situation."

Other politicians joined in on denouncing the violent act.

"It's just absolutely awful. I cannot believe that somebody would attack children," City Councilmember Lincoln Restler said.

"I am hopeful and confident they will identify this person and hold him accountable."

This attack comes as Jewish and Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups have both reported steep increases in hate crimes, harassment, and physical attacks since the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Jewish hate crimes have been on the rise in 2024, with almost a 50% increase inanti-Semitic crimein New York City in the first four months of this year alone, according to data from the New York Police Department.

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Nationwide, a report by the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish organization and advocacy group, says nearly 14% of all antisemitic incidents reported in the country last year, took place in New York.

This year, there have been 131 Jewish hate crimes reported so far, up from 86 incidents at this same time last year, according to New York City Police Department statistics.

Police attribute this rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes to the ongoing war with Israel in Gaza.

Police Commissioner Edward Caban said Wednesday at a pre-Passover security briefing, that "October 7 changed the public safety landscape."

Antisemitism has no home in Brooklyn

Paralleling anti-Jewish sentiments, there has also been a huge surge in anti-Muslim incidents last year.

In 2023, there were 8,061 incidents reported by the Council of American-Islamic Relations, the U.S.'s largest Muslim civil rights organization.

This was the highest recorded number of such incidents in 30 years, according to CAIR, with just over 5,000 taking place in all of 2022.

President Joe Biden has denounced the uptick in hate crimes.

"We must, without equivocation, denounce antisemitism, but we must also, without equivocation, denounce Islamophobia," Biden said.

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