ISIS Israel

Shin Bet foils ISIS-inspired terror plot by 18-year-old Israeli

Authorities thwarted an ISIS-inspired terror plot, arresting a young Israeli citizen who studied how to produce explosives. Security agencies vow strong action against internal threats.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Head of the Shin Bet domestic security service Major General David Zini (L) speaks with Israel's army chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir as they wait for a speech by US President Donald Trump at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025.
Azrieli Mall, Tel Aviv, 2024

Police prevent Tel Aviv terror attack with arrest of five ISIS-linked suspects

Five suspects had planned a combined attack involving a car bomb and shooting, targeting a crowded area in central Israel, including the Azrieli Towers.

|ByALON HACHMON
Israel Police officers arrested the two ISIS-affiliated terrorists in East Jerusalem

ISIS-affiliated terrorists arrested in east Jerusalem after planning terror attack

The terrorists planned to prepare explosive devices and target Israeli security forces before their attempts were thwarted and they were arrested. 

|ByALEX WINSTON
GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

Israel attacked ISIS in 2015, killing hundreds of terrorists, former IDF chief says

During his speech, former Chief of Staff Eisenkot revealed that Israel attacked the terrorist organization ISIS in 2015 and killed hundreds of members of the group.

|ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Syrian army claims to find Israeli-made weapons in IS hideouts

Weapons found in north-western Syria included Israeli artillery pieces.

OCTOBER 17, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces inspect weapons and munitions recovered at the former positions of the Islamic State militants inside a building at the frontline in Raqqa, Syria October 7, 2017. Picture taken October 7, 2017.

New UNRWA textbooks for Palestinians demonize Israel and Jews

According to the Palestinian schoolbooks, Jews have no rights whatsoever in the region but only "greedy ambitions." The books also say that Jews have no holy places.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017ByDANIELLE ZIRI
A veiled Palestinian teacher gestures as children attend a lesson at a United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA)-run school in Gaza

Three Umm al-Fahm residents arrested for planning attack on Temple Mount

Suspects said to have affiliation to ISIS, planned to copy the July attack that killed two policemen at the holy site.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Israeli security forces stand at the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, after Israel removed all security measures it had installed at the compound, and Palestinians entered the compound in Jerusalem's Old City July 27, 2017.

Analysis: US strategy is missing on Iran's 'land bridge'

In the two months since June, the Iranian-backed regime in Damascus has expanded its power.

AUGUST 21, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Fighters from the Syrian army units and Hezbollah are seen on the western mountains of Qalamoun, near Damascus, in this handout picture provided by SANA

Former Jerusalem resident arrested by police for supporting ISIS

“This kind of incitement can cost people’s lives.”

AUGUST 20, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Youth walk under an Islamic State flag in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon January 19, 2016.

Shin Bet arrests three Arab-Israelis suspected of supporting ISIS

Two 17-year-old Israeli Arabs from the village of Barta’a pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and manufactured IED.

JUNE 12, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
An Islamic State fighter carries the group’s flag in Raqqa, north-central Syria.

Report: Israeli intel officials 'furious' over Trump leak to Russians

Tensions flare as accusations fly.

MAY 20, 2017ByARIANE MANDELL
Lavrov and Trump

Report: Jordanians claim leaked intel was theirs, not Israel's

Who really gave Trump the leaked intelligence?

MAY 18, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A still image taken from an Islamic State (ISIS) video

Report: Israel source of intel Trump leaked to Russians

According to reports, "a current and a former American official familiar with how the United States obtained the information" has revealed Israel was the initial source of the intelligence.

MAY 16, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, ANNA AHRONHEIM
Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington , DC on Feb. 15, 2017 with an Israeli flag in the background

Report: ISIS leader Baghdadi close to being 'captured or killed'

The Iraqi Army is basing its conclusion on a military assessment following a recent battle it held with ISIS militants in the city of Tel Afar, located just 63KM from Mosul.

APRIL 2, 2017ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al Baghdadi made a rare public appearance at a mosque in the center of Mosul, on July 5, 2014.