Ex-soldiers are being recruited to guard synagogues and Jewish schools after a startling rise in anti-Semitic attacks in recent weeks.
Volunteer security and ambulance services are a regular part of Jewish life, but the community has been forced to up its game after a series of stabbings and arson attacks.
Incidents include the torching of four Hatzola volunteer ambulances in Golders Green in March, as well as the stabbing of two people in the district last week.
Contractors with experience in the armed forces have now been deployed to at-risk sites by Community Security Trust (CST) an organisation which safeguards Jews and shares out funding from the Home Office, the Daily Mail reports.
Royal Navy and British Army veterans were previously sent out to marshal Jewish schools and places of worship last October after two worshippers were killed in the Heaton Park synagogue attack in Manchester.
But tensions appear to have stirred up alongside the Iran war, with patrols now set up in both North London and Manchester.
Tehran has claimed responsibility for incidents such as the Golders Green arson attack and failed petrol bombings in Finchley and Kenton but investigations remain ongoing.
The Met Police formally declared a terrorist incidents after Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were stabbed in Golders Green on Wednesday, April 29.
Their alleged attacker, Essa Suleiman, 45, had been referred to the government's Prevent anti-terror scheme in the past.
Suleiman has been charged with three counts of attempted murder, including that of his long-term associate Ishmail Hussein in a separate knife attack flat in Southwark, south London, earlier that day.
The stabbing has coincided with the UK's terror threat level being raised to severe, meaning terrorist incidents in Britain are now "highly likely".
Downing Street insists the raised terror threat is "not solely" due to the attack, pointing to a rising trend in recent months.
Elsewhere, there has been heated discussion over whether officers involved in Suleiman's arrest used "excessive force".
Green Party leader Zack Polanski apologised after he retweeted an X post which accused officers of violently kicking the stabbing suspect in the head, which had led to strong criticism from Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley.
faced criticism from within his own ranks, as well as from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer who branded him “disgraceful” and “not fit to lead any political party”.
Mr Polanski told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips on Sky News: “I think you can both recognise the bravery of officers who run towards incidents that most of us, including myself, would certainly want to run away from, and find the appropriate forum to say that no one, especially the police, should be above scrutiny.
“The reason why I’ve apologised is I accept that wasn’t the appropriate forum.
“Open letters aren’t an appropriate way to do politics either in a local election,” he said of Sir Mark’s letter, “but I accept all of that, and I’ll be having that conversation with the commissioner”.
