Israel will become the target of a Daesh attack, it is just a matter of time, senior security officials said.

An IDF's General Staff drill was carried out last week, which drilled a scenario in which Daesh carried out a big attack in southern Israel, leading to the deployment of a battalion of paratroopers, Ynet reported on Monday.

Daesh recently published a series of videos which included threats to attack Israel, some of which were attributed to the events at al Aqsa mosque. Some of the films sought to encourage terrorists to carry out attacks, while ISIS's Sinai branch directly threatened an attack on Eilat.

The defense establishment believes that Daesh is pressured by Russian and American attacks, they quicker they will to terrorist activities outside Syria. This is how the defense establishment explains the recent terror attacks in Europe and the United States.

According to Shin Bet assessments a few hundred Israeli Arabs support Daesh, 32 of which have already gone to fight in Syria and Iraq, seven of whom were killed in the fighting in Syria.

Sources: MENA