FBI And DHS Warn Americans About Possible Attacks On Oct. 7 Anniversary oan

Friday’s announcement follows the rapid increase in Middle East escalation as Iran executed a missile campaign on Tuesday, targeting nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israeli military infrastructure after Israel carried out assassinations against Iran’s proxy groups, including Hezbollah military leader Hassan Nasrallah.

“Jewish, Muslim, or Arab institutions – including synagogues, mosques/Islamic centers, and community centers – and large public gatherings, such as memorials, vigils, or other lawful demonstrations, present attractive targets for violent attacks or for hoax threats by a variety of threat actors, including violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators,” the announcement continued.

Following the Iranian missile attack, a senior DHS official expressed his own worries regarding a potential Iranian threat on American soil.

“I don’t know that we’ve got a crystal clear assessment on that at this point. We are literally in the earliest days of trying to understand what exactly Iranian intentions might be. We do, though, assess that Iran has a global capacity and a global capability, that it can draw, that it can target U.S. interest around the world – that it certainly has the reach and capacity to do, to carry out, to engage with individuals here inside the United States in ways that present potential threat to the United States, here in the homeland,” the DHS official stated.

ABC News also reported that U.S. officials are concerned that Al Qaeda and ISIS could convince lone offenders to carry out attacks within the United States and other western allies.

Following the October 7^th attacks, hate crimes have sharply increased against Arab, Jewish, and Muslim communities, officials say. Additionally, pro-Israel Christian groups have also faced threats in recent months.

According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), reports of anti-Semitic incidents skyrocketed after October 7^th, recording 2,031 reports of anti-Semitic incidents between October 7^th and December 7^th in 2023, just within the United States alone.

The incidents marked a shocking 337% increase in comparison to the same time period within 2022.