Israeli security officials did not respond immediately to requests for comment on what the SITE intelligence monitoring group described as the first time Islamic State had claimed responsibility for an attack in Israeli-controlled territory, nor on the attackers‘ affiliation.

However, a senior official from Hamas, the Islamic group that rules the Gaza Strip, and the People‘s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said the three attackers, who were all shot dead at the scene, were their own members.