{"id":16691,"date":"2024-01-21T02:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T07:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/unprecedented-spike-in-terror-threats-amid-israel-hamas-war-top-uk-terrorism-official-says\/21\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T02:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T07:57:52","slug":"unprecedented-spike-in-terror-threats-amid-israel-hamas-war-top-uk-terrorism-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/unprecedented-spike-in-terror-threats-amid-israel-hamas-war-top-uk-terrorism-official-says\/21\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unprecedented\u2019 spike in terror threats amid Israel-Hamas war, top UK terrorism official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The terrorism threat in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/united-kingdom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:United Kingdom;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">United Kingdom<\/a> is at an &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; level following the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last October, a top U.K. counter-terrorism official said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes said there\u2019s been a 25% rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/terrorism\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:terror information;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">terror information<\/a> coming to police in the country since the war began, adding,\u00a0&#8220;it&#8217;s hard to remember a more unstable, dangerous and uncertain world,&#8221; according to Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>Jukes added that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Israel-Hamas war;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Israel-Hamas war<\/a> has created a new &#8220;radicalization moment&#8221; for Islamist extremists egged on my &#8220;extraordinary amounts&#8221; of online content and misinformation, according to BBC News.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/armed-palestinians-attack-christian-holy-site-west-bank-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ARMED PALESTINIANS ATTACK CHRISTIAN HOLY SITE IN WEST BANK: REPORT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>ARMED PALESTINIANS ATTACK CHRISTIAN HOLY SITE IN WEST BANK: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/BUMCFitGSXd_gqYNjmc.Sw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/2601180d3dec383abf74426ea59ac094\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An Israeli airstrike in Gaza\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gRGWnyc5JvCOlvmvOGUajA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/2601180d3dec383abf74426ea59ac094\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">The war in Gaza began on Oct. 7 after Hamas launched an unprovoked attack on Israel.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;All of that online material is part of a dangerous climate,&#8221; Jukes said, which created a &#8220;radicalization moment, with the potential to push people towards terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the U.K., there have been 33 terrorism-related arrests connected to the war in Gaza so far, the BBC reported, adding that police didn\u2019t confirm if any terrorist plots had been stopped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:READ ON THE FOX NEWS APP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><u>READ ON THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/israel-scaling-back-military-offensive-southern-gaza-israeli-defense-minister-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ISRAEL TO SCALE BACK MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN GAZA SOON, ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>ISRAEL TO SCALE BACK MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN GAZA SOON, ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not simply rhetoric,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;In my seat, you tend to look at dashboards of indicators and there are particular indicators that we will be focused on. And right now, there are needles on that dashboard that are moving in the wrong direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jukes added that the U.K. faces the worst threats from &#8220;hostile state actors&#8221; since the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be coy. We are talking about parts of the state apparatus of Iran, China and Russia,&#8221; he told reporters. The Metropolitan police said Friday it had added another unit to its department centered on countering threats from those three countries.<\/p>\n<p><i>Reuters contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Original article source:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/unprecedented-spike-terror-threats-israel-hamas-war-top-uk-terrorism-official-says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018Unprecedented\u2019 spike in terror threats amid Israel-Hamas war, top UK terrorism official says;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018Unprecedented\u2019 spike in terror threats amid Israel-Hamas war, top UK terrorism official says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/unprecedented-spike-terror-threats-amid-024216558.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The terrorism threat in the United Kingdom is at an &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; level following the start of the war between Israel and Hamas<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/unprecedented-spike-in-terror-threats-amid-israel-hamas-war-top-uk-terrorism-official-says\/21\/01\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}