Al-Qaida and IS call on followers to strike Israeli, US and Jewish targets
by Jason Burke from World news | The Guardian on (#6FS3G)
Israeli military offensive in Gaza offers opportunity to extremist groups in west and Middle East, experts say
Al-Qaida and Islamic State (IS) have called on followers to strike Israeli, US and Jewish targets, raising the prospect of new terrorist violence in the Middle East or the west.
In a series of statements over the past two weeks, affiliates of al-Qaida congratulated Hamas on its invasion of Israel", a reference to the terrorist attacks that killed 1,400 people, mainly civilians on 7 October.
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