Islamic State airs new Hebrew video, promises war

The Islamic State terror group publishes a new video in Hebrew, threatening to wage war against Israel.

During the video, a man holding a knife says he and his jihadist comrades are “preparing for a major war [against Israel]… With God’s help, God willing.”

Last month, the Islamic State addressed an Israeli audience for the first time ever in a Hebrew-language video, warning that “no Jew will be left [alive]” once its fighters conquer Jordan and arrive at Israel’s borders.

Earlier that month, Israeli security forces arrested three people in northern Israel accused of plotting attacks for the Islamic State in August, according to the Shin Bet security service. A fourth man, who is currently serving a life sentence in prison, was also charged with joining the organization, Israeli officials said, while three others were charged with aiding the terror cell.

Though Israeli security forces have said that more than 40 Israeli citizens have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State, that terror cell was the first IS affiliate discovered within Israel.