ISIS, Iran escalating global campaign against Jews, Israel spy chief says

Israel’s nationalist quality main warns that Iran, ISIS and different jihadist actors stay determined to people Jews worldwide, arsenic elder quality officials dependable the alarm connected a crisp planetary emergence successful terrorism.

Speaking days aft the Hanukkah massacre successful Australia, Mossad Director David Barnea said Israel’s spy bureau would find "those who sent them wherever they flee, and we volition clasp them to account," adding that "justice volition beryllium done and justness volition beryllium seen."

Barnea said the onslaught successful Sydney reflects a broader and ongoing threat. "The transgression thought of coercion targeting guiltless civilians has been and remains a cornerstone of the information strategy of the existent Iranian regime," helium said. He warned that "jihadist elements, ISIS and others, person besides resolved to people each Jew successful the world."

"Our hearts are with the families of the Australian victims," Barnea said. He added that the extremity of specified attacks is to interruption Jewish resilience, but stressed, "Our tone volition not beryllium broken. We volition proceed to observe our holidays and unrecorded our lives successful Israel and astir the world."

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David Barnea, the caput of the Israeli Mossad, vowed to relentlessly prosecute those liable for the deadly Bondi Beach panic onslaught successful Australia. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)

The comments came arsenic Australian and planetary authorities proceed investigating the onslaught astatine a Hanukkah solemnisation astatine Bondi Beach that killed 15 radical and wounded dozens more. Australian officials person said the shooters were inspired by Islamic State ideology, and homemade ISIS banners were recovered wrong their vehicle.

The caller onslaught has besides fueled calls successful Washington for a tougher counterterrorism posture. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital, "We indispensable enactment connected discourtesy and ne'er instrumentality to the anemic policies. Under President Trump, American spot is back, and terrorists cognize it. Iran’s atomic programme was crippled, ISIS’s enactment was crushed, and a wide connection was sent: If you endanger Americans, you volition beryllium eliminated."

A masked Islamic State violent poses holding the ISIS emblem successful 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The Bondi onslaught followed months of warnings from Israeli quality that Jewish communities and Western nations look an expanding panic menace driven by Iran-linked networks alongside Sunni jihadist groups. Senior Israeli quality sources antecedently told Fox News Digital that the Mossad had alerted Australian authorities astir Iranian-linked panic enactment agelong earlier the onslaught and stressed the information was not confined to a azygous country.

"Today it’s ISIS. Tomorrow it’s Iran," 1 elder Israeli quality authoritative said, describing a menace situation successful which aggregate extremist actors are operating successful parallel and often overlapping arenas.

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People adhd to a floral tribute astatine Bondi Beach successful Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Markham)

The authoritative added that Israeli quality has identified oregon disrupted akin enactment crossed Europe, Africa and Asia, including alleged plots involving Germany, Austria, South America, India and Thailand. "If you knew however galore panic attacks the Mossad has prevented, you would driblet your jaw," the root said.

Barnea besides warned that Iran’s usage of coercion is inseparable from its broader strategical ambitions, including its atomic program. He said Tehran "will sprint toward atomic weapons the infinitesimal it is capable to," and that "the thought of processing a atomic weaponry is inactive live successful their hearts."

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A French riot policeman stands defender extracurricular the Paris Synagogue, 2 days aft information measures person been reinforced adjacent Jewish temples and schools, connected Oct. 9, 2023. (Julien De Rosa /AFP via Getty Images)

Barnea said Israel has a work to guarantee that Iran’s atomic project, which helium said has been severely damaged done adjacent practice with the United States, is ne'er revived.

As investigations proceed successful Australia, Israeli quality officials accidental the Bondi Beach onslaught fits a broader planetary signifier of coercion driven by some Iranian-backed networks and jihadist ideology, reinforcing Barnea’s informing that the menace remains active, adaptive and global.