Anti-Muslim hate incidents in the UK more than tripled following the outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, a monitoring group said.

Tell MAMA recorded 2,010 such cases in the four months since Hamas’s deadly attack against Israel on October 7 sparked the conflict, AFP reports.

That was the largest recorded number of cases in a four-month period, said a statement from the organisation, which was set up to monitor and report such incidents.

The latest figures were up from 600 incidents over the same period in 2022-2023, a rise of 335 per cent.

“We are deeply concerned about the impacts that the Israel and Gaza war are having on hate crimes and on social cohesion in the UK,” said Tell MAMA director Iman Atta.

“This rise in anti-Muslim hate is unacceptable and we hope that political leaders speak out to send a clear message that anti-Muslim hate, like anti-Semitism, is unacceptable in our country.”