ISIS (the terrorist group banned in Russia) claimed responsibility for an attack in Israel, which it said killed two soldiers and injured 10, according to a statement posted on the group’s Telegram account early on Monday.
“Two members of the Jewish (state’s) police force were killed and others were injured in an immersive commando attack,” ISIS said in a rare claim for an attack inside Israel.
The group said two of its fighters had carried out the shooting on Sunday at Herbert Samuel Street in Hadera city in northern Israel. It claimed 10 others were wounded in ensuing clashes.
According to the SITE intelligence group, this is the first time since 2017 that ISIS has officially claimed an attack in Israel.
Earlier, Israeli security officials said two Arab gunmen killed two people in Hadera, a city about 50km north of Tel Aviv, on Sunday before they were shot dead.
Israeli officials had said the two assailants were Arab citizens of Israel. Israeli media reports said they were Islamic State sympathisers, Reuters reported.
