Suburban Palestinian family threatened to remove ‘Free Palestine’ sign from lawn or ‘burn’

A sign stands in the yard of Lila Gaber, who says she was targeted by a hate crime when a letter was sent to her home saying “Remove the sign from the lawn or burn.” (Provided)

A Palestinian family in southwest suburban Hickory Hills is reeling after receiving a letter threatening to “burn” them in what police are investigating as a hate crime.

Lila Gaber, a Muslim Palestinian American, put a sign in her yard that reads “Free Palestine” after the conflict escalated between Israeli and Hamas forces earlier this month, leading to thousands of civilian deaths and a heightened Israeli occupation of Gaza.