Australia Raises Terror Threat Level Amid Tensions Over Gaza War

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Australia's security intelligence agency raises the country's terror threat level, saying tensions over the war in Gaza have made the prospect of a terror attack more likely.

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00:00Australia's security intelligence organization has lifted the country's terror threat level

00:05amid heightened tensions over the war in Gaza.

00:09The agency says the chances of a violent extremist act are now more likely, with its director

00:14saying more Australians are being radicalized.

00:17ASIO says it has intervened in eight potential terror-related incidents in the last four

00:23months.

00:24Australia's Prime Minister Antony Albanese says officials will remain on alert while

00:29the threat level is raised.

00:31I want to reassure Australians, probable does not mean inevitable and it does not mean there

00:38is intelligence about an imminent threat or danger.

00:42But the advice that we've received is that more Australians are embracing a more diverse

00:47range of extreme ideologies and it is our responsibility to be vigilant.

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