A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill Jews and bomb synagogues amid an increase in threats directed at the Jewish community over Israel's war in Gaza.

A Millis man has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors by admitting to threatening an Attleboro synagogue earlier this year. On Monday, John Reardon, 59, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston to obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force;