Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and FBI officials said on Sunday in a rare phone briefing for reporters that there is a possibility of copy-cat attacks of Hamas or other foreign terrorist organizations in the United States.
“The threat is very much ongoing and in fact, the threat picture continues to evolve,” Wray said. “Here in the U.S., we cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or other foreign terrorist organizations could exploit the conflict to call on their supporters to conduct attacks on our own soil.” The law enforcement agency has been sharing intelligence about possible violence with state and local law enforcement, including that of a lone wolf-style assailant who is not on their radars.
Wray said that Jews and Muslims alike, as well as their institutions and houses of worship, have been threatened in the U.S. and told reporters that the bureau is “moving quickly to mitigate” the threats. However, the agency’s senior officials deemed that the other threats were proved not to be credible.





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