By AFP 28 March 2022 | 2:30 pm Israeli authorities have arrested five suspects following an attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed two policemen, the police said on Monday. Israeli security forces gather at the site of an attack that left two Israeli police dead in the northern city of Hadera on March 27, 2022. – The Magen David Adom emergency medical responders said that “two Israelis” were killed in the attack, with four other people taken to hospital and two more treated at the site. As Sunday’s attack took place, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid was hosting his counterparts from three Arab states that recently normalised ties with Israel, alongside Egypt’s top diplomat and the US secretary of state, at a resort in southern Israel, in a gathering that Israel called “historic”. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) Israeli authorities have arrested five suspects following an attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed two policemen, the police said on Monday. The officers were shot dead on Sunday in the northern Israeli city of Hadera as the Jewish state hosted a landmark meeting of top US and Arab diplomats. Five people were also wounded when the gunmen opened fire at the police and passers-by in Hadera attack — the second since Tuesday linked to the jihadist group. The police officers killed were identified as Shirel Aboukrat, a French-Israeli citizen, and Yazan Falah. They were both 18 years old. Their funerals were to be held later in the day. A security source said the two gunmen were Israeli Arabs from the northern Arab-populated town of Umm al-Fahm. Police said they were identified by Israeli intelligence as local IS operatives and killed by counterterrorism officers who happened to be nearby. Israeli police, in cooperation with the domestic Shin Bet security agency, carried out raids in the Umm al-Fahm. “Three suspects were arrested there early on Monday on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organisation were arrested,” a police statement said. Latest 7 mins ago Pope Francis on Monday heard first-hand the horrors of abuse committed at church-run residential schools in Canada, as Indigenous delegations pressed him for an apology. 19 mins ago Suspected enforcers of the suspended Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sit at home order on Monday returned to the streets of Enugu, shooting sporadically. It was gathered that the suspected enforcers besieged the New Market area Monday morning and opened fire on passengers The Guardian gathered that the passengers had left their homes early to… 25 mins ago The Ukrainian government estimated Monday the economic damages losses from the Russian invasion, which has been underway for just over one month, at nearly $565 billion. 36 mins ago Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has charged the newly elected National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, on the party’s victory in the 2023 elections. 44 mins ago An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and former governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu, has charged the new leadership of the party to quickly harmonize all factions across the states ahead of the commencement of the 2023 electoral process.
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