3 men and a teen indicted for planning ISIS-inspired attacks across Israel

Three men and a 16-year-old boy have been indicted on terror charges after allegedly planning to carry out ISIS-inspired attacks on civilians and security forces, the State Attorney’s Office announces.

The four defendants functioned as a cell inspired by the terror group and sought to carry out attacks in several areas, including Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate and the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron, prosecutors say.

Some of the defendants allegedly gathered intelligence on potential targets, in addition to learning how to manufacture explosives and use firearms, with the eventual aim of carrying out an attack.

They are indicted in the Jerusalem District Court on a slew of security offenses including membership in a terrorist organization, recruitment to a terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit an act of terror involving aggravated murder.