MI5 Chief: Gaza Conflict Could Inspire Iran Terror Attacks in UK

The Israel-Hamas war could ’sharpen the possibility‘ of terror threats, including from lone extremists who are inspired in ’slightly haphazard ways.’

MI5 director general, Ken McCallum, speaking in Manchester on March 2, 2023. Danny Lawson/PA

The war in Gaza could lead to more terrorist attacks in the UK, including by Iran, the chief spy warned on Tuesday.

MI5 director-general Ken McCallum told reporters the Security Service is paying “very close attention” as the Israel-Hamas war rages in the Middle East after an unprecedented public gathering of security heads of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance hosted by the Hoover Institution.