The ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict has heightened the potential threats of violence in the US to a high level not seen in several years, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray has warned. \u201cWe assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven\u2019t seen since ISIS launched its so-called caliphate several years ago,\u201d Wray said on Tuesday in his testimony at a congressional hearing, referring to the Islamic State group. Wray said that multiple foreign terrorist organisations had called for attacks against Americans and the West since the beginning of the latest conflict in Gaza earlier this month, which raised the threat posed by homegrown US violent extremists, Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups, will draw inspiration from the events of the Middle East and carry out attacks against Americans going about their daily lives,\u201d Wray noted. But he also said the FBI isn\u2019t currently tracking an \u201corganised threat\u201d inside the country. The FBI chief told lawmakers that threats to the Jewish community in the US are \u201creaching in some way sort of historic level\u201d. The White House delivered alarm on Monday over reports of anti-Jewish incidents at multiple US universities as rising tensions prompted university officials to tighten security.<\/p>\n
During his testimony, US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also said his agency had responded to an increase in threats against Jewish, Muslim, and Arab American communities across the country since the war started. He highlighted that hate against Jewish students, communities and institutions \u201cadded to a preexisting increase in the level of antisemitism in the United States and around the world\u201d. The FBI has also opened a hate-crime investigation into the killing of a 6-year-old Muslim boy who police say was stabbed to death by his landlord. \u201cIt is a time to be concerned. We are in a dangerous period,\u201d Wray said. \u201cThis is not a time for panic, but it is a time for vigilance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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