bbc news, gaza city. a new fbi report has found a spike in hate crimes in the united states last year, the third straight year that attacks, motivated by bias law enforcement agencies reported more than 7,000 incidents in 2017, up 17% from 2016. caroline rigby has more. pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11 jewish pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11jewish worshippers pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11 jewish worshippers killed pittsburgh is the grieving for the 11jewish worshippers killed by gunmen motivated by religious hatred. last month's mass shooting was the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history, but figures released by the fbi showed this was not an isolated incident. for the third year running, hate crimes are on the up in the united states, with black and jewish americans particularly affected. law enforcement agencies reported just over 6000 hate crimes in 2016, but that increased to more than 7000 last year. of those, around 2000 we re last year. of those, around 2000 were aimed at african—americans, while more than 900 were against jewish people, a 37%jump on the previous year. the fbi figures reveal the majority of