JERUSALEM, Mar 29 (NNN-PNA) – Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, said yesterday that, Israel requires its security forces to adapt to new threats, after a fatal shooting attack perpetrated Sunday night by the extremist Daesh group.
In the attack, two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in Israeli northern city of Hedera, killing two Border Police officers and wounding at least six others, according to Israeli police and Hillel Yaffe Hospital, where the injured have been hospitalised.
The Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack in a post released by its Aamaq news agency, saying two of its members killed two Israeli security forces.
It was the second time in less than a week that the Daesh carried out a deadly attack inside Israel, Bennett said in a statement, stressing, the country requires the security forces to adjust quickly to the new threat.
“The heart breaks over the deaths of Border Police officers Shirel Abukarat and Yezen Falah, who fell defending civilians from abhorrent murderers,” Bennett said.
Later yesterday, Bennett held an assessment meeting with the country’s top security officials.
The attack on Sunday night came, as foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt were gathering in southern Israel, in a conference with visiting U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to discuss regional cooperation.– NNN-PNA
