Global Security Alert for US Citizens

SGGPO 10/20/2023 12:46 PM

According to Reuters news agency, the US State Department has issued a global security alert for US citizens abroad due to increased tensions in various locations around the world and the possibility of extremist and violent attacks against Americans.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland. Photo: AP

The warning did not mention any specific incidents, but came amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, after the Islamist Hamas movement attacked Israel on October 7 and Israel retaliated with airstrikes on the Gaza Strip that killed thousands of people.

Protests have also erupted in the West Bank, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and elsewhere following the October 17 attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials have accused Israel of carrying out the attack, which Israel has denied. The United States, meanwhile, says it has data showing that Israel did not carry out the deadly attack.

In a related development, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the department is monitoring an increase in threats to Jewish, Muslim and Arab communities in the US related to the current Israel-Hamas conflict.

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