One of the attackers, the militant group said, was a member. "The three hero martyrs who executed the Jerusalem operation have no connection to Daesh [Islamic State], they are affiliated with the PFLP and Hamas," Hamas official Izzat El-Reshiq wrote on Twitter. Claiming attacks is a key tactic of the Islamic State. Experts say that when the Islamic State claims credit for an attack, there is some tie back to the organization. In Israel, the politics of an Islamic State claim are particularly fraught.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2017 09:56 UTC