Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday commemorated six years since fatal shot at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

“This unspeakable act — fueled by anti-Semitic hatred — was the deadliest attack on the American Jewish community in our nation’s history,” Harris said in a statementin part.

On October 27, 2018, a white supremacist gunman opened fire inside the synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, killing 11 people and injuring six others during Shabbat services.

In his statement Sunday, Harris mourned the lives that were taken that day and also hailed the resilience and enduring strength of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community. She also noted the increase in anti-Semitic incidents since the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel and vowed to continue to combat anti-Semitism.

“I will always work to ensure the safety and security of the Jewish people in the United States and around the world, and I will always call out anti-Semitism whenever and wherever we see it,” Harris said. “Doug and I are proud to have worked alongside President Biden to combat anti-Semitism, including through the National Strategy to Combat Anti-Semitism.”

“Today, Doug and I stand in solidarity with the survivors of this attack, the families who lost loved ones, and the entire Jewish community,” Harris added, referring to her husband, Mr. Doug Emhoff.

Earlier Sunday, President Joe Biden also marked the anniversary of the Tree of Life attack, saying in a statement that the shootings “shattered families, pierced the heart of the Jewish community and struck the soul of our nation.”

“For the families of the victims and survivors, this difficult day of remembrance brings it all back as it just happened — and our country holds them and their loved ones close to our hearts,” Biden added.

Biden said his administration remains committed to aggressively implementing the National Strategy to Combat Anti-Semitism.

“As the Talmud says, ‘It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to neglect it,'” Biden said in the statement. “On this solemn day commemorating the Tree of Life Synagogue attack, let us unite as Americans to ensure that anti-Semitism and hatred in all its forms have no safe harbor in America – for all the lives we have lost and for all the ones we’ve lost. can still save.”