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By: Pesach Benson
Israeli authorities arrested an adult and two minors from the Nazareth area for planning to carry out terror attacks inspired by Hamas, police announced on Monday as indictments were filed.
Indictments were due to be filed on Monday in the Nazareth District Court.
An investigation by the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) and the Israeli Police found that the three produced Molotov cocktails which they planned to throw at security forces.
The adult was identified as Mobin Ahmed Younes, a 19-year-old resident of Reina, an Arab village adjacent to Nazareth. The minors were only identified as from northern Israel.
The 19-year-old Younes frequented the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount during Ramadan and participated rallies while wearing the terror group’s flag. He was also filmed inside Al Aqsa expressing his identification with Hamas.
Tensions on the Temple Mount were high during the Islamic month of Ramadan, which overlapped with the weeklong Jewish Passover holiday. Palestinians barricaded inside the Al Aqsa Mosque were evacuated by Israeli police.
In another case, one of the suspects was photographed on the roof of a house in his village holding a weapon and wrapped in Hamas flags.
The indictments added that the three actively read material written by Hamas.
Palestinian terror are known for exploiting social media to recruit children.
“The terrorist organization Hamas continues to work to spread its ideology among the citizens of the State of Israel and its residents and, among other things, works to recruit them through propaganda distributed on the Temple Mount and on social networks, with the aim of promoting terrorist activity in Israel,” the Shin Bet said in a statement announcing the arrests.
In other news, World Israel News reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed a terrorist armed with an assault rifle and improvised explosive device on Monday. He was planning to attack the Jewish community of Neve Tzuf in Samaria, aka Halamish, in Samaria.
According to Hebrew-language media, the terrorist opened fire with a homemade machine gun – likely a Carlo submachine gun commonly manufactured in Palestinian Authority-controlled enclaves – towards troops standing at a checkpoint outside of the town.
The soldiers returned fire, striking the terrorist and killing him. There were no Israeli soldiers or civilians injured in the incident.
“A few minutes ago, IDF soldiers eliminated an armed terrorist who arrived at the Neve Tzuf checkpoint from Nachliel. The terrorist was armed with an explosive device and an improvised rifle and was going to harm soldiers and civilians,” said Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Gantz in a media statement.
“Our soldiers shot and killed him, and with that, they prevented a terror attack, thank G-d. Thank you to the IDF commanders and soldiers for the great response.”
The incident came during an uptick in terror attacks throughout Israel.
On Sunday, an Arab woman was shot in the leg after she attempted to stab a guard on the Jerusalem light rail.
Later on Sunday evening, the remains of a rocket were discovered in Ram-On, a northern Israel town near the terror hotbed of Jenin. It appears that the projectile had been launched from Jenin towards the civilian community, though it’s unclear when it was fired.
Last Tuesday, IDF soldier Shilo Amir was killed near Kedumim in Samaria after a Palestinian man opened fire at a checkpoint.
(TPS & worldisraelnews.com)
