New intelligence bulletin notes "likely heightened" threats of violence in U.S. around holidays

The threat of violence by lone offenders is "likely heightened" throughout the winter, and surrounding holiday events, including New Year's Eve, according to a new intelligence bulletin obtained by CBS News.

According to the four-page bulletin, the Homeland Security Department (DHS), the FBI and National Counterterrorism Center, which is the U.S. government's hub for threat analysis, found the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas would "likely heighten the threat of lone offender violence targeting large public gatherings throughout the winter, including holiday-related, faith-based, New Year's Eve, and first amendment-protected events related to the conflict."

The bulletin goes further than recent warnings about the risk posed by individuals who are inspired to act by foreign terrorist media, as well as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists known as RMVEs.