

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said in a 24-minute audio message posted on Boxing Day that airstrikes by the international coalition only increase his group's determination and resolve.

He also mocks a recently-announced Saudi-led Islamic alliance against "terrorism" and warns Israel that "we are getting closer to you" every day.

To Israeli Jews, he says they "will hide behind trees and stones" from IS.

Al-Baghdadi urges Muslims to join the fight the world over, saying it is their Islamic duty to rise up.



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