{"id":2067183,"date":"2023-10-14T09:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-us-homeland-threat-evident-after-hamas-strikes\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:20:11","slug":"white-house-no-us-homeland-threat-evident-after-hamas-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-us-homeland-threat-evident-after-hamas-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"White House: No US Threat Detected After Hamas Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-no-us-homeland-threat-evident-after-hamas-strikes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2067183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>US Intelligence Agencies Find No Threat to the United States\u200c from Recent Hamas Attacks in Israel<\/h2>\n<p>According \u2063to \u2062a statement released by the White House on Friday, intelligence agencies in \u2063the United States\u200b have not \u2062detected any indication\u200d that the recent terrorist strikes \u200dcarried out by Hamas in Israel \u2063pose a threat to the United \u2062States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday, the President met with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-refuses-to-denounce-antifa-despite-group-continuing-to-wreak-havoc-across-u-s\/\" title=\"White House refuses to denounce Antifa despite group continuing to wreak havoc across U.S.\">national security team<\/a> along\u2063 with the Attorney General Secretary, my office, DHS, and other administration officials in the White House\u2064 Situation Room\u200c to discuss \u2062the current homeland threat environment, what we&#8217;re doing \u2064to\u200c prepare to safeguard Jewish and\u2064 Muslim communities across the country,&#8221; John \u200cKirby, a spokesperson on national security issues, told \u2064reporters on Oct. 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be completely and crystal\u200d clear on \u2063one thing: At this time, none of our intel agencies have any specific\u2062 intelligence\u200b indicating a threat to\u200c the United\u200c States stemming\u200b from the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel. That said, we continue\u200c to remain vigilant to any and all threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/israel-sharply-criticizes-china-for-failing-to-condemn-hamas-massacre-5509729?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Israel\u200b Sharply Criticizes China \u2062for \u200bFailing to\u200b Condemn Hamas Massacre<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">10\/13\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/george-w-bush-says-us-to-stand-with-israel-calls-hamas-cold-blooded-killers-5509759?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">George W. Bush Says\u2062 US to Stand With Israel, Calls Hamas &#8216;Cold-Blooded Killers&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">10\/13\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over \u200dthe past weekend, the terrorist group\u00a0Hamas, which\u200c governs Gaza, carried out strikes that resulted\u2063 in the deaths of more than one thousand Israelis and stoked worries of an escalation of the conflict throughout the \u200cMiddle East.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent strikes in \u200dGaza have resulted in the deaths \u2063of thousands of Palestinians, and now Israeli \u2062soldiers are ready to conduct operational raids in Gaza. \u2064Thus far, an \u200cestimated 27 Americans have been killed as a\u2064 result of the violence, and 14 others \u2063are still missing.<\/p>\n<p>The number of \u2063antisemitic acts that have occurred in recent \u2063years has been on the rise, and\u2063 this week at the White House, President Biden met with Jewish community leaders\u200b in order to give his support for the\u2063 community.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kirby said the day before, on Thursday, Oct. 12, that\u2063 the United States government has not ruled out any possible course of action with regard to ensuring the release \u200bof \u2063hostages \u200cbeing\u2063 held by the terrorist organization Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that U.S. authorities still do not have\u200b adequate information about how many American hostages there are and who they \u2064are.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">This coming Friday will mark the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-at-least-2400-dead-in-addition-to-1500-hamas-bodies-in-israel-5508759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seventh day<\/a> since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Since the attack\u2062 that the Hamas terrorist organization carried out on Israel on October 7, at \u2064least 2,800 people\u2062 have\u200d lost their lives on both sides of \u2064the border.<\/div>\n<p>More\u200d than 1,300 people,\u2062 including 222 soldiers, have been killed in \u2062Israel, according to the Israeli \u2063military, which also said that more than 3,000 people have been injured as a result of \u2062the violence.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c the \u200cmeantime, the\u2064 Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza stated late Thursday that Israeli airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza have resulted in the deaths \u2063of 1,500 people and injuries to over 6,600 others. These Israeli \u200bairstrikes\u200c were a direct response to the attack carried out by Hamas. \u200bAccording to estimates provided by \u2062Israel, hundreds of Hamas militants are among \u2063those who have lost their lives\u200c in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli\u200c military reportedly instructed the \u200dUnited Nations early on Friday \u2063morning that\u200d the 1.1\u2063 million Palestinians living in\u2064 Gaza should \u200bmigrate to the enclave&#8217;s south within the next\u200d twenty-four hours, according to a spokesman for the United Nations. Palestinians \u200dare \u2062concerned that this \u200bcould be a precursor\u200b to an Israeli ground offensive that is\u2063 currently being planned.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli\u2063 military did not immediately make a comment\u200b on the warning, which came at a \u200btime when Israel was amassing tanks\u200c near the Gaza border and pounding \u200bthe Palestinian enclave with air strikes \u200cin response to a Hamas\u2063 militant attack \u2064in Israel that resulted in \u2063the death \u2062of Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Late on Oct. 12, more \u2064than 150 House members congregated on the Capitol steps for a candlelight vigil in support of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats and Republicans observed \u2063a moment of \u200csilence in remembrance of the victims\u200b of last \u200cweekend&#8217;s terrorist attacks by Hamas, \u2063which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians and the capture \u200bof more than a hundred\u2063 hostages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><em>Reuters contributed to \u2062this report. <\/em><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What measures is \u2064the United States taking to ensure the safety of its citizens and communities amid the recent Hamas\u2062 attacks?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Amas. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has once again escalated into a violent and deadly confrontation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rwanda-flooding-more-than-100-killed-in-natural-disaster\/\" title=\"Over 100 dead in Rwanda floods.\">causing immense suffering<\/a> and loss of life on both sides.\u2064 As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-no-us-homeland-threat-evident-after-hamas-strikes\/\" title=\"White House: No US Threat Detected After Hamas Attacks\">international community\u2062 closely \u200dmonitors<\/a> the situation, one question has been at the forefront: does the recent Hamas attack pose a threat to \u2064the security of\u2063 the United States?<\/p>\n<p>According \u200cto a statement released by the White House, US intelligence agencies have not detected any indication that the recent terrorist strikes carried out\u200b by \u2064Hamas in Israel pose a \u2064threat to the United States. In a press briefing\u200b on October 13, John Kirby, a spokesperson on \u200cnational security issues, emphasized this point, stating, &#8220;At this time, none of our intel agencies have any specific intelligence indicating a threat to the United States stemming from the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This assessment comes after a\u2062 meeting held at the White House Situation Room, where\u200d President Biden and his national security team discussed the current homeland threat environment\u2063 and measures being taken to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities across \u200dthe \u2064country. The \u2064government remains vigilant and\u200d committed to ensuring the safety of its citizens while also\u2062 focusing on counterterrorism\u2064 efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The recent\u2063 attacks\u200b carried out by Hamas have resulted in a significant loss of life,\u2063 with over one thousand Israelis killed, thousands of\u200b Palestinians dead, and a \u200cgrowing number of casualties from both sides.\u2064 It \u2062is a tragedy that further highlights the urgent need for a peaceful resolution\u200b to \u200bthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 addition to the loss of life, the rise in antisemitic acts in recent years has been a cause for concern. To address these issues, \u200cPresident Biden met with Jewish community leaders at the White House earlier this week, reaffirming \u2063his support for the community\u2063 and condemning acts of hatred \u2064and violence.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the ongoing\u2062 situation, \u200bthe US government has \u2063indicated\u2062 that it has not ruled out any possible course of action to ensure the release\u200b of hostages held by \u2062Hamas. However, authorities\u2062 still\u200c lack\u2062 adequate information about the number and\u2062 identities of\u200c American hostages.<\/p>\n<p>While the conflict between Israel and Hamas \u2063remains \u2062a pressing \u2063concern, it is reassuring that US intelligence agencies have found no immediate threat to the United States from the recent Hamas attacks in Israel. This assessment allows the\u200c government to concentrate its efforts\u200b on \u200cfacilitating a peaceful resolution and providing assistance to affected communities.<\/p>\n<p>As the international \u200ccommunity continues to work towards ending the violence and\u2063 addressing the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian\u200b conflict, it is essential to\u200d remain committed to promoting peace, security, and\u2063 stability in the \u2064region. The United States, along\u200d with\u200b its\u200d allies, must support diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving a lasting solution that upholds the\u2063 rights and aspirations of all \u2064parties\u200c involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the White House, US intelligence agencies found no evidence that recent Hamas attacks in Israel pose a threat to the United States. 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