This DAP highlights – Fire as a Weapon Attacks Continue Against Houses of Worship. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 20 October 2023
Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
US Department of State Worldwide Caution
“Due to increased tensions in various locations around the world, the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution. U.S. citizens should:
- Stay alert in locations frequented by tourists.
- Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive information and alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency overseas.
- Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter.”
Additionally, CNN reported on the Worldwide Caution. “It’s not necessarily any one thing but everything that we’re watching around the world,” State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said Thursday at a State Department briefing.
Analyst Comments:
The US Department of State is advising increased caution for all overseas travel. Faith-Based Organizations and individuals should reevaluate security for oversees operations and travel.
The Department of State also issued Latest Information for U.S. Citizens in the Middle East.
Department of State Travel Advisories for individual countries can be found at Travel Advisories (state.gov).
A wide variety of information to make international travel safer can be found at the State Department’s International Travel page.
Tourist sites and protest crowds are vulnerable to vehicle ramming attacks, which can be done by a lone actor, with little resources. The following international resources provide steps to avoid and mitigate vehicle ramming attacks:
- DHS / CISA: Vehicle Ramming Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places
- NCTC: Vehicle-Borne Attacks: Tactics and Mitigation (First Responders Toolbox)
- UK: Countering Vehicle as a Weapon: Best Practice Guidance for Goods Vehicle Operators and Drivers
- UK: Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM)
- Australia: Hostile Vehicle Guidelines for Crowded Places
- European Commission: Review on Vehicle Barrier Protection Guidances
With heightened tensions, consideration should also be given to personal safety within the United States. CISA provides a Personal Security Considerations worksheet for individuals.
As always, Faith-Based ISAO’s website provides resources in the Resource Library.
More Faith-Based Stories
Man accused of starting, attempting to start fires near several north Georgia churches, deputies say
NY: HATE IN BORO PARK: 2 Men Chase Yeshiva Boys In Four Separate Incidents
Man Charged In Assault, Robbery Behind Bridgewater Church
PA: ‘Hoax’ bomb threat reported at Allentown synagogue during funeral service, Jewish Federation says and Police investigate reported bomb threat at synagogue in Allentown
GA: 2 churches vandalized in Pitts, $500 reward offered for information
Vandals target Philadelphia’s United Muslim Islamic Center with hateful words
House of Israel in San Diego closes indefinitely after vandalism incidents
Major US Muslim group cancels Virginia banquet over bomb and death threats
Jewish, Muslim, Arab communities see rise in threats, federal agencies say
Pittsburgh Jewish Federation deletes X account after being hacked by pro-Palestinian activists
Armed Guards to Protect Jewish Students Attending Shabbat Events on U.S. Campuses This Weekend
Israel-Hamas war tests California’s response to hate crimes
Metro Detroit mosques feel effects of the Israel-Gaza War, assess security
Places of worship should be a sanctuary; Instead, they’re preparing safety plans
NY: Less ‘Worried’: Brocton Fires Tied To Homeless Person
Churches could be key for quake survival, expert says
2 women killed, scores injured in Israeli attack on Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza
Tunisian rioters burn down synagogue
After Brussels attack, Swedes fear becoming a target for terrorists
Protesters burn flags in front of synagogue in Spain, chanting “Death to Israel”
Select All-Hazards Stories
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FBI Statement on Hamas Attacks in Israel — FBI
Maryland judge shot and killed at Hagerstown home – MCAC and Maryland judge shot and killed at Hagerstown home
Philadelphia City Council halts public comment after shouting over Hamas resolution
US, UK, Germany tell citizens to leave Lebanon as regional tensions rise and Protesters in Lebanon decrying Gaza hospital blast clash with security forces near U.S. Embassy
65 cops hurt during pro-Palestine protest in Berlin
What does Austria’s raised terror alert mean for the public?
Taliban Leaders Conspicuously Silent on Israel-Hamas War in Gaza
‘Major expansion’: China now has more than 500 nukes, Pentagon says
Record Warm Temperatures; Isolated Severe Thunderstorms National Weather Service
Major water main break impacts thousands in a New York county
DOD’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office confirms receipt of more than 800 reports of UAP
Protecting Donations While Giving Charity to Support Israel
Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group vows to target Australia
Pro-Hamas extremists and neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence
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