National Security Council Upgrades Warning for Israelis on Visiting Turkey

Jerusalem, 28 March, 2016 (TPS) -- Israel’s National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau (NSCCTB) has upgraded its warning for traveling to and through Turkey, from the level of a basic concrete threat to a high concrete threat.

“The deadly 19 March 2016 attack in Istanbul, in which a group of Israeli tourists was hit, underscores the threat by ISIS against tourist targets throughout Turkey and proves high capabilities of carrying out further attacks,” the NSCCTP said in a statement. “Terrorist infrastructures in Turkey continue to advance additional attacks against tourist targets, including Israeli tourists, throughout the country.”

In that vein, the NSCCTB is recommending that Israelis not visit Turkey and that Israeli tourists currently in Turkey, leave the country as soon as possible.