ISIS calls on UK muslim youth to 'attack christian gatherings' in horror plot

ISIS has called on young Muslim people to attack gatherings of Christian and Jewish people, including in the UK, the al-Naba publication shows. The terror group said the attacks should be considered as revenge for Israeli attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza strip.

One excerpt from the long tract says: "Kill them wherever you are able to", adding "the Muslim must set out to support his Muslim brothers in Palestine and elsewhere". The edict comes as Israel continues its military operation in Gaza City, with eyewitnesses reporting dozens of Israeli tanks and military vehicles entering a major residential district. Video footage shows tanks, bulldozers and armoured personnel carriers moving on the edges of Sheikh Radwan, in northern Gaza City.

Israel claims the military operation is part of its attempts to free hostages held by Hamas and to deliver a knock-out blow to the militia.

The renewed offensive in Gaza has drawn widespread international condemnation.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Wednesday morning that it had struck more than 150 targets across Gaza City in two days in support of its ground troops.

As part of its operations, the IDF is also reportedly using old military vehicles loaded with explosives that have been modified to be controlled remotely.

They are being driven to Hamas positions and detonated, according to Israeli media.

The IDF said on Tuesday that around 350,000 people had fled Gaza City, while the UN put the figure at 190,000 since August. Estimates suggest at least 650,000 remain.

Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

About 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage in the brutal assault that shocked the world.

Israeli attacks have since then killed at least 65,062 people, almost half of them women and children, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

The health ministry claimed on Wednesday that 98 people had been killed and 385 injured by Israeli fire in the past 24 hours.

Another four people had died from malnutrition, taking the total number of malnutrition-related deaths since a UN-backed body declared famine in Gaza City in late August to 154, it added.

The UN has warned that an intensification of the offensive will push civilians into "even deeper catastrophe".