CHART - Toronto has seen a "staggering" increase in hate crime reports since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last month, the city's police chief said on Thursday. Speaking at a monthly meeting of the Toronto Police Services Board, Chief Myron Demkiw said the city is experiencing a period of high tensions as the conflict continues in the Middle East. The Canadian Press has prepared a graphic looking at the data. This graphic accompanies the story slugged Ont-Toronto-Hate ; THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Vokey