Law enforcement in Los Angeles and across the United States is increasing security after a former Hamas leader called for Friday to be a “day of rage.”
The Los Angeles Police said in a statement on X they have no information regarding specific or credible threats.
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“We are closely monitoring these events and are coordinating with Federal, State and Local partners on information sharing,” the department said. “We will continue to closely monitor these events.”
They added they would reach out to local Jewish and Muslim communities “and will be providing extra patrol during this unimaginable time.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released a similar statement, adding,” We are conducting extra patrol checks and reaching out to our local religious communities to reassure them during this tumultuous time.”
Peter Levi with the Anti-Defamation League of Orange county in Long Beach told KNX News’ Jon Baird he’s seen signs of hate occurring since the attacks.
“Just the past few days, we've had white supremacist anti-semitic propaganda distributions,” he said. “We've had someone marching around one of our towns carrying a giant Nazi banner. We've had someone spat upon on campus because they're Israeli.”
As a safety precaution, SAG-AFTRA announced picketing would be canceled on Friday in both Los Angeles and New York City.
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