Envoys in thousands of Chabad houses in 100 countries around the world have been warned of revenge against Iran and its affiliates • Risk could be exacerbated if escalation is recorded

• Chabad emissaries at the World Envoy Conference at Chabad Headquarters in Brooklyn // Archive photo: Meir Alfasi

(JTA) - Chabad emissaries around the world have been instructed to keep "on high alert" following the assassination of Qassem Suleimani. .

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"It is likely that Suleimani's death will escalate the existing US-Iran conflict, and there is a high likelihood that Iran will initiate retaliatory action either directly or indirectly. And rising tensions could increase the risk and threat to Jewish facilities and Chabad centers, "the Hasidic movement's statement said.

The risk of such attacks, it is said, could be "exacerbated if escalation of military activity in the days and weeks to come."

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The Chabad Security Council was established following the 2008 attack on a Chabad house in Mumbai, in which six were killed, including a Chabad emissary, Rabbi Gabi Holtzberg, and his wife, Rivki Holtzberg. Chabad House was among 12 sites that were the target On the part of the Islamic Terrorist Organization, Lashkar-e-Taibeh, based in Pakistan.

About 4,900 Chabad emissary families operate in 3,500 organizations of the organization in 100 countries.