ISIS urges jihadists to strike Europe and Israel while West is distracted by Ukraine

Isis wants supporters to avenge the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi, the group’s founder who was killed in February during a raid on his Syrian hiding place by US special forces

The Islamic State terror network has declared a new “global offensive” against Europe and Israel in a bid to avenge the death of its leader in a US special forces raid earlier this year.

In a message timed for the holy month of Ramadan, the group told its jihadist supporters to take advantage of the West’s distraction with the war in Ukraine to stage terror attacks while “the crusaders are fighting each other”.

“We announce, relying on God, a blessed campaign to take revenge,” he said in an audio message circulated on the Telegram messaging app.

“Fight them all and Allah will answer and punish them at your hands,” he said, referring to the group’s enemies.