Calls to Counter-Terrorism Hotline Have Doubled Since Hamas Attack

Britain’s counter-terrorism hotline received 1,350 calls between Oct. 7 and Oct. 25, more than twice the number it recorded in the same period in 2022.

An Israeli tank is deployed to the border with Gaza on Nov. 5, 2023. Menahem Khana/AFP via Getty Images

Calls to Britain’s counter-terrorism hotline have more than doubled since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, triggering a massive retaliatory strike into the Gaza Strip.

The Metropolitan Police said between Oct. 7 and Oct. 25, the hotline received 1,350 reports—more than twice the number in the same period last year.