Overview

• Nadia Yahlom was filmed in Muswell Hill cutting yellow ribbons tied to railings in support of Israeli hostages, telling bystanders the bands were “condoning genocide.”
• The Metropolitan Police say the case is being investigated as racially-aggravated damage, and confirm Yahlom voluntarily attended a station to be interviewed under caution.
• Her husband, Mo’min Swaitat, claims on social media that he and his wife were attacked by an extremist group he believes was probably working for Mossad, a claim not independently verified.
• Yahlom’s mother says the family has received death threats, including messages directed at a six-year-old’s school and the university, and she says police have been contacted.
• Local residents returned to replace the ribbons, and police have conducted reassurance patrols after the footage circulated online.