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Calls to UK counter-terrorism hotline have doubled since Hamas attack on Israel
November 8, 2023 By Faith Matters

Calls to UK counter-terrorism hotline have doubled since Hamas attack on Israel

Reports to a UK police counter-terrorism hotline have more than doubled since the Hamas attack on Israel. Police said that between October 7 and 25 the anti-terror hotline received around 1,350 reports, more than twice the number of contacts compared to the same period last year. The number of reports with information useful to investigators […]

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Terrorists look for different targets as coronavirus cuts crowds, new MI5 boss warns
October 14, 2020 By Faith Matters

Terrorists look for different targets as coronavirus cuts crowds, new MI5 boss warns

Terrorists are hunting for fresh targets because there are fewer crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic, the new boss of MI5 has warned. Director general Ken McCallum said the security service has been “rapidly adapting” how it works to keep the country safe during the outbreak as well as helping research efforts in combatting the virus […]

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Wildfires tear across Israel, Netanyahu calls arsonists ‘terrorists’
November 25, 2016 By Faith Matters

Wildfires tear across Israel, Netanyahu calls arsonists ‘terrorists’

Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee the city of Haifa, as leaders blamed arsonists for some of the blazes and branded them terrorists. Television pictures showed a wall of flames raging through central neighbourhoods of Israel’s third largest city. Firefighters dowsed a petrol station […]

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