Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said Friday that she has been receiving death threats in the wake of Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, which left approximately 2,000 Israelis dead.
Ms Omar is a Muslim; her family fled Somalia's civil war before they emigrated to the US. She condemned Hamas's attack on Israel, but has no less become a target for hate, potentially due to her longstanding criticism of Israel's treatment of Palestinians and Washington's ongoing support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
