The United States faces a "sobering" and "unique moment" in confronting a domestic threat environment amid the Israel-Hamas war, deputy attorney General Lisa Monaco told ABC News saying that the conflict overseas stoked an already elevated threat situation in the country. Israel-Hamas war: A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. (AP)The FBI has had to run down more than 1,800 reports “of threats or other types of tips or leads”, Lisa Monaco said as the bureau now has more than 100 investigations currently opened. "These are threats, they're hoaxes, they can involve claims of terrorist financing," she said, adding, "So that is the volume -- the significant uptick in the volume and frequency of the types of reports we're getting." "We've seen individuals who are taking, I think, twisted inspiration from those images," she said.

Source: Hindustan Times December 23, 2023 03:06 UTC