The October 7, 2023 terrorist attack committed by Hamas and other militant religious groups against Israeli civilians (most of them Jewish non-combatants) is the most devastating and harmful attack aimed at a non-Christian group in recent memory, and indeed in the Violent Incidents Database (VID) the period of inquiry (2022–2023); the next record in terms of casualties records almost a thousand less deaths (1209 v. 280).
Christianity is the largest organized religion on earth. As such, it is a point of interest within many global projects dealing with religious freedom violations and religious violence. The Western (and mostly Christian) world is also where many of these initiatives originate from.
