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During the investigation it was revealed that the man behind the cell was Abdallah Arar, a Hamas activist who was involved in the 2005 abduction and murder of Jerusalem resident Sasson Nuriel. Arar had been deported to the Gaza Strip as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner-exchange deal.
According to Shin Bet, Arar had instructed Alaa Salim to set up the cell. He then transferred money to Salim – a resident of the West Bank village of Jab’a southwest of Bethlehem – in order for Salim to purchase a M16 rifle so the cell could carry out an attack as soon as possible.
Salim then approached another resident of Jab’a, Rian Tuam, and asked him to help purchase an M16 rifle, giving him thousands of shekels to do so. Salim also turned to Sehada Tuam and asked him to recruit activists to join his cell. Meanwhile, Tuam recruited Mahmoud abu Arkov, a young Hamas operative from a-Ram.
“Recently there has been a growing motivation by Hamas headquarters in the Gaza Strip to carry out terror attacks through operatives in Judea and Samaria,” a Shin Bet statement said.
Shin Bet arrests W. Bank Hamas cell planning attacks against Israel
Hamas has to go. There are no two ways about it.
According to Shin Bet, Arar had instructed Alaa Salim to set up the cell. He then transferred money to Salim – a resident of the West Bank village of Jab’a southwest of Bethlehem – in order for Salim to purchase a M16 rifle so the cell could carry out an attack as soon as possible.
Salim then approached another resident of Jab’a, Rian Tuam, and asked him to help purchase an M16 rifle, giving him thousands of shekels to do so. Salim also turned to Sehada Tuam and asked him to recruit activists to join his cell. Meanwhile, Tuam recruited Mahmoud abu Arkov, a young Hamas operative from a-Ram.
“Recently there has been a growing motivation by Hamas headquarters in the Gaza Strip to carry out terror attacks through operatives in Judea and Samaria,” a Shin Bet statement said.
Shin Bet arrests W. Bank Hamas cell planning attacks against Israel
Hamas has to go. There are no two ways about it.
