Police patrols at train stations across UK to tackle hate crime amid conflict in Israel

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Transport Police will be patrolling train stations across the UK to tackle hate crime amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and the border with Gaza.

The high-visibility patrols will be taking place over the coming days across the network to 'protect communities' and respond to any hate crime incidents.

It comes after Home Secretary Suella Braverman wrote to police chiefs in England and Wales urging them to 'step up patrols and use all available powers' to prevent anti-Jewish disorder. READ MORE Police patrols increased across Manchester to 'protect communities' following Hamas attacks in Israel READ MORE The 'prolific offender' who brought misery to Longsight in spate of 'violent and terrifying' robberies The increased police patrols come after Hamas terrorists killed scores of civilians in the south of the country over the weekend, with the death toll now risen above 1,000, according to an Israeli military.

Israel is pressing ahead with a fierce offensive of airstrikes in Gaza that has claimed 830 lives on the other side and caused widespread destruction.