Israel's counter-terrorism bureau warns: ISIS may target Israelis, Jews abroad

JERUSALEM (EJP)---Israel’s National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau warned that Western Europe and other locations could become the scenes of Islamic State terrorist attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets, specifically by fighters returning home from Syria and Iraq.”The travel advisory was released ahead of the Jewish High Holidays .Noting the May 24 terror shooting attack at the Jewish museum in Brussels in which an Israeli couple, a French woman and a Belgian man were killed, the Bureau cautioned that ‘’Iran and Hezbollah continue to wage a global campaign of terrorism by seeking out Israeli and Jewish targets, with an emphasis on “soft targets” such as tourists, rabbis, Chabad facilities, and heads of Jewish communities.’’Several western governments, including the US, Britain, Canada, and Australia, among them, have publicly expressed concern over the prospect of hundreds, if not thousands of ISIS-affiliated members returning to continue jihad on the home front.The Brussels Jewish Museum gunman, Mehdi Nemmouche, a Frenchman of Algerian descent, had spent one year fighting with terrorist groups in Syria before returning to Europe.The warning noted “very high concrete threats” for Israeli travelers to Afghanistan, Libya, Sudan and Somalia, and recommended avoiding visits to these countries, as well as advising Israelis visiting the aforementioned states to leave immediately.As well, “There are high concrete threats regarding travel to Algeria, Burkina-Faso, Djibouti, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Pakistan, Togo and Tunisia. It is recommended that the public avoid visits to these countries. Any Israelis present in these countries are advised to leave as soon as possible.“There are basic concrete threats regarding travel to Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. It is recommended that the public avoid visiting these countries.The notice mentioned “continuing potential threats regarding travel to Azerbaijan, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman and Turkey. It is recommended that the public avoid non-essential visits to these countries.”Regionally, the alert noted “very high concrete threats regarding travel to southern Thailand (from the Krabi-Thammarat line to the Malaysian border), the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, Chechnya (in Russia), the northern India state of Jammu and Kashmir (except for the Ladakh area), the Sinai peninsula and northern Nigeria (above 10 degrees north latitude). It is recommended that the public avoid visits to these regions. Any Israelis present in these regions are advised to leave as soon as possible.”


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