Overview
- ISIS used its weekly al-Naba outlet ahead of Easter to urge followers to set fire to synagogues, naming America, Europe, Russia and India, and pointing to sites in Tunisia, Morocco, the UAE and Syria.
- The message also encouraged attacks on churches and on what it called Jewish gatherings around the world.
- The group told supporters to emulate the 2025 Bondi Beach attackers it praised as the Sydney Heroes.
- In the same issue, ISIS claimed it caused 60 casualties in 15 operations over the past week, presenting the figures as its own tally.
- Israeli authorities closed the al-Aqsa Mosque and banned mass gatherings at the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and outlets reported plans for extra patrols near houses of worship this weekend.