Palestinian sisters detained at Gaza border for smuggling explosives disguised as medicine

 

Israel’s Shin Bet said the incident was more evidence of Palestinian terror groups attempting to exploit Israel’s policy of permitting Gazans accessibility to Israel for medical & humanitarian reasons, in order to commit terror attacks against Israelis.

By i24NEWS

 

Israeli border officials on Wednesday discovered explosive substances hidden inside tubes of medical supplies while carrying out a security check on two sisters from Gaza permitted to enter Israel so one of them could be treated for cancer, the Shin Bet said.

The Erez Crossing is the only border crossing check-post for peope between Gaza and Israel. – Wikimedia Commons

A preliminary Shin Bet investigation suggested that the substances were sent by Hamas and that they were meant for use in imminent attacks on Israelis.

The Shin Bet said the incident was evidence that terrorist groups in Gaza are attempting to exploit Israel’s policy of permitting Gaza residents to cross into Israel for humanitarian and medical reasons in order to commit terror attacks.

Earlier this month, Hamas hanged three people in the Gaza Strip accused of collaborating with Israel.

The executions, held in public, followed the assassination of one of the leader’s of the terror group’s military wing, Mazan Fuqaha last month.

While it is unknown who is behind the deadly shooting, Hamas was quick to blame Israel for Fuqaha’s death.

 

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