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'Unprecedented rise' in terrorism threat since Gaza conflict began, Metropolitan Police chief says

Source: PA

There has been an unprecedented rise in the threat of terrorism following the war in Gaza, the Metropolitan Police's assistant commissioner has warned.

Matt Jukes, who is Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, said the Israel-Hamas conflict has become a "radicalisation

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