London is facing the “biggest convergence of threats we have seen for a very long time” because of the conflict in Gaza with counter-terrorism arrests at “unprecedented levels” and a huge surge in inflammatory online material, police warned MPs on Tuesday.
Met Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, the head of national counter-terrorism police, said the “extraordinary” situation was putting the capital facing a heightened danger of an attack – similar to the recent fatal stabbing in Paris – carried out by an extremist “energised” by the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
