FBI Issues High Alert for Potential Terror Attack in the US: 'Be Aware of Your Surroundings'

On the anniversary of a tragic day for Israel, the FBI is alerting Americans about a possible threat of terrorism on U.S. soil.

This Monday marks one year since Hamas terrorists carried out deadly attacks in southern Israel, leaving behind devastation and human suffering. It also marks a year since Israel began its military operations against Hamas, an effort that has now expanded to confront Hezbollah in the northern region.

The FBI pointed out that October 7 arrives amid “consistent calls by foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) to their supporters seeking to provoke violence in the West.”

The warning highlighted that the anniversary “as well as any further significant escalations in the conflict, may be a motivating factor for violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators to engage in violence or threaten public safety.”

“Over the past year, we have observed violent extremist activity and hate crimes in the United States linked to the conflict,” the notice stated.

The FBI also emphasized that public gatherings “present attractive targets for violent attacks or for hoax threats by a variety of threat actors, including violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators.”

The agency raised concerns over the potential for “lone attackers to conduct violence in the United States.”

It warned that individuals influenced by terrorist propaganda “could act alone to commit an attack with little to no warning.”

“Be aware of your surroundings at all times and report suspicious activities to the authorities,” the FBI’s statement urged.

Police forces in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Philadelphia have ramped up patrols in response, as reported by CNN.

Last month, the FBI revealed that in 2023, hate crimes targeting Jewish individuals reached 1,832 cases—a 63 percent surge compared to 2022, and the highest number ever recorded since the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) began tracking data in 1991.

According to the ADL, these crimes against Jewish people comprised 58 percent of all hate crimes in 2023 and 68 percent of those where religion was the motivating factor.

“At a time when the Jewish community is still suffering from the sharp rise in antisemitism following Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, the record-high number of anti-Jewish hate crime incidents is unfortunately entirely consistent with the Jewish community’s experience and ADL’s tracking,” stated Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL. “Hate crimes are uniquely harmful, traumatizing both the individual and their community.”

In a column for the New York Post, Michael Goodwin addressed how the Hamas attack revealed a disturbing trend in Western society, calling it the “explosion of antisemitism in America and Europe.”

“Just as Israel was caught off guard by the Hamas terrorists, the outpouring of support for those savages on elite college campuses and the streets of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington as well as London and Paris has been a rude awakening of its own,” Goodwin observed.

“It’s as if a venomous snake had been in hiding and suddenly found a chance to emerge and strike,” he added.