Brutal Antisemitic Assault at Bulgarian Ski Resort Leaves Israeli Father Hospitalized | GRAPHIC
An Israeli father has been hospitalized with severe skull fractures after a violent antisemitic attack at Bulgaria’s Bansko ski resort.
A group of Israeli Jews was violently assaulted today at the popular Bansko ski station in Bulgaria after one of them was overheard singing a Hebrew song.
According to an urgent message from a family member of the victims (shared widely on X): One Israeli was casually singing to himself “Tel Aviv ya habibi Tel Aviv”.
A man (local or foreigner) immediately approached, shouted “F**k Tel Aviv”, and delivered a violent shoulder strike to the Israeli’s face.
When friends and other Israelis stepped in to separate the attacker and de-escalate, a brawl broke out.
One of the attackers then kicked a father (who was trying to calm the situation) directly in the face with a ski boot.
The father is now hospitalized with serious fractures to the skull and sinuses.
The family explicitly calls it a premeditated antisemitic attack triggered solely by hearing Hebrew language and an Israeli song.
This is the latest in a series of antisemitic incidents in Bulgaria (recent synagogue vandalism in Plovdiv and Sofia, Lukov neo-Nazi march last week). Bulgaria has a proud history of saving its Jews during the Holocaust, making these attacks especially painful.