Israel on high terror alert after two police officers killed in second ISIS attack

Two Border Police officers, a woman and a man – Shirel Abukarat, from Netanya, and Yezen Falah from the Druze Galilee village of Kisra Sumei – both aged 19 – were shot dead in downtown Hadera Sunday night, March 27. Police officers dining at a nearby restaurant killed the two gunmen on the spot. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on its Telegram account. The gunmen were caught by surveillance cameras firing assault rifles on a main street of the normally quiet town in central Israel. They arrived in Hadera heavily armed with a large arsenal of pistols, automatic rifles, knives, a box of ammo including stolen IDF grade 5.56 caliber bullets, as well as gloves. They were evidently bent on a large-scale assault with many casualties before they were cut short.