Islamic State claims responsibility for killing of two Israeli police officers [View all]
Source: Agence France-Presse
Islamic State claims responsibility for killing of two Israeli police officers
Agence France-Presse in Hadera
Mon 28 Mar 2022 01.42 BST
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack in which two Israeli police were killed in the northern city of Hadera on Sunday. The claim was made in a statement posted on its Telegram account.
Police said that “two terrorists arrived at Herbert Samuel Street in Hadera, and began shooting at a police force there,” resulting in two deaths.
Members of “an Israeli counter-terrorism force happened to be in a restaurant nearby and they ran out and neutralised the terrorists”, police said in a statement.
According to the SITE intelligence group, this is the first time since 2017 that IS has officially claimed an attack in Israel.
Sunday’s deadly attack comes as four Arab foreign ministers and the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, are gathering in southern Israel in an unprecedented regional meeting.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/27/two-suspected-arab-gunmen-kill-two-people-in-israel
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