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Considering the Future Terrorist Threat From the Israel-Hamas War

undefined and Director of Analysis at RANE
Sam Lichtenstein
Director of Analysis at RANE, Stratfor

Nov 9, 2023 | 22:24 GMT

The street in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels on Oc. 17, 2023, after the suspected perpetrator of a fatal terrorist attack in the Belgian capital was shot dead.
The street in the Schaerbeek area of Brussels on Oc. 17, 2023, after the suspected perpetrator of a fatal terrorist attack in the Belgian capital was shot dead.

(JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images)

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has sent security services across the world into a panic over the potential for Islamist extremist attacks linked to the war. Already, lone actors in Belgium, Egypt and France have carried out lethal attacks, while affiliates of al Qaeda and the Islamic State have encouraged their followers to commit violence against Westerners, and particularly Jews. These risks will only grow as Israel's ground incursion into Gaza deepens....

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