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| August 11, 2015
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Arrested Hamas militant gives details about Gaza’s tunnel network to Israel

Israel’s Shin Bet arrest Hamas operative who confessed to his involvement in terror tunnel planning, attacks, and much more from Gaza.

By i24news

 

The IDF revealed Tuesday that Israeli security forces had arrested a militant of the Hamas terror organization who was actively involved in plotting tunnel attacks from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas fighters inside a tunnel – Al Qassam Brigade file photo

Rafah resident Ibrahim A’adel Shahada Shaer, 21, was arrested in early July as part of a joint Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency] and Israeli police operation, the IDF spokesperson said in a statement.

Shaer gave interrogators a plethora of detailed information regarding Hamas’ terror activities in Rafah, including how Hamas planned attacks during conflict and its intentions to use terror tunnels to carry out attacks against Israel civilians. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2015
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Israel’s Shin Bet Nabs Hezbollah Recruiter at Ben Gurion Int’l Airport

Cleared for publication: Swedish-Lebanese citizen that was recruited by Hezbollah to enlist Palestinian Arabs to gather intelligence for them, was arrested upon entry into Israel by the Shin Bet.

By Uzi Baruch

 

A Swedish citizen of Lebanese descent was arrested after a joint investigation from the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) and the Lahav 433 anti-fraud unity last month, it was cleared for publication Sunday, in light of concerns that the citizen may have been working with Hezbollah.

Pro-Hezbollah rally – Reuters

Hassan Khalil Hizran, 55, was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport upon arrival in Israel. In his interrogation, he admitted recruiting for Hezbollah and agreeing to cooperate with them. Continue Reading »

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| July 6, 2015
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Israel’s Shin Bet busts ISIS Beduin cell that includes 4 school teachers in Negev

The 4, working in Israeli schools, spread the group’s propaganda among their students, family members & associates in hopes they’d join the Islamic State in Syria.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Security forces have arrested six Israeli Beduin men from the Negev town of Houra, four of whom work as school teachers, for allegedly supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization.

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ISIS cell arrested by Shin Bet – Photo: SHIN BET

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed Monday that the men were arrested over the past two months.  They allegedly took part in secret meetings in which they discussed Islamic State doctrine, and spread the group’s propaganda among their family members and associates.
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| July 3, 2015
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Israel Security Services Arrest Hamas Terror Cell in Nablus

Israel’s Shin Bet says more than 40 suspects have been arrested for allegedly forming an extensive terrorist network to facilitate attacks on Jews across Judea & Samaria.

By Lilach Shoval & Israel Hayom Staff

 

More than 40 Palestinians suspected of being Hamas operatives seeking to establish terrorist infrastructures in Judea and Samaria have been arrested over the past few months, the Shin Bet security agency revealed Wednesday.

Shin Bet says Hamas increasing efforts to establish infrastructure in Judea and Samaria [Illustrative] – Photo: Reuters

According to available information, the suspects were tasked with creating a wide terrorist network in Nablus and the surrounding villages, and with gathering intelligence to facilitate terrorist attacks across Judea and Samaria.

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| July 1, 2015
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Israel Rescinds Travel Permits to Gaza After Multiple Terrorist Attacks

West Bank Arabs no longer permitted to travel to Gaza after Hamas claimed responsibility for deadly drive-by shooting attack.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Israel said Wednesday it was revoking permits for hundreds of Palestinian Arabs living in Judea and Samaria to visit relatives in Gaza after a series of terror attacks on Israelis – several of them fatal.

The announcement by COGAT, the agency that manages civilian affairs between Israel, the PA, and Gaza was the latest reversal to measures easing movement for Palestinians during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Earlier Tuesday, COGAT announced it would tighten access of Palestinian Arabs to the Temple Mount.
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| June 30, 2015
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Shin Bet Cheif Warns Hamas Has Rearmed & Ready for Next War

Israel Security Agency head expounded to Knesset on how acts of terror have risen 50% each year since 2012, & on Hamas, whose already rearmed Gaza for another conflict.

By Yedidya Ben-Or

 

Head of the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet/Shabak) Yoram Cohen warned the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that Hamas is already prepared to launch another terror war against Israel, just a year on from last summer’s war with Israel.

Cohen and other ISA officials gave a complete picture of the happenings in the terrorist enclave of Gaza, as well as the terrorist threat nationwide. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2015
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Shin Bet closes Hamas money pipeline from Gaza to West Bank

“Every one along the chain took a commission, and passed the funds on… but a large part of the money she transferred to her brother was used, among other purposes, to purchase a luxury apartment and a vehicle,” the Shin Bet said.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Wednesday the arrest of a Gazan woman suspected of transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars from Gaza to the West Bank for Hamas activities.

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Israeli New Shekels – Photo: REUTERS

Sana’a Hafi, 42, from the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, allegedly transferred the money to her brother Hassin Abu Kayuk, who is serving time in an Israeli prison. Continue Reading »

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| April 14, 2015
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Cleared for Publication: Israel Security Services Stymie Hamas Terrorism For Purim

After joint security operation, Israel Police arrest 2 Hamas terrorists that planned an attack against Jews during Israel’s Purim holiday.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The IDF, Shin Bet and Israel police stopped a Hamas terror cell planning to fire at soldiers near Abus Dis during Purim, it was cleared for publication on Tuesday.

Ma'an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan (Photo: Shin Bet)

Ma’an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan – Photo: Shin Bet


The members of the cell, who were arrested in early March, bought a car to be used in the attack, trained in shooting and collected intelligence on their target.

The two central members of the cell were leader Ma’an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan. Continue Reading »

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| March 22, 2015
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Israel Arrests 6 Hamas Terrorists in Nablus with Explosives

Six members of a new Hamas terror cell was busted while assembling explosives in Shechem (Nablus) by joint Shin Bet, IDF, & police operation.

By Cynthia Blank

 

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), in cooperation with the IDF and the Israel Police, arrested six members of a Hamas terror cell in Qalqilya – it was cleared for publication on Sunday.

Bags of explosive materials confiscated by the Shin Bet from a suspected Hamas cell in Qalqilya – Photo courtesy: Shin Bet security agency

The six are accused of planning to carry out terror attacks inside Israel. It is suspected that the cell, controlled by Hamas officials in Gaza, was set up to inflame violence in Judea and Samaria during Operation Protective Edge. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2015
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Gag order lifted: 3 Israelis arrested for smuggling materials into Gaza for Hamas

Cleared for publication: Three Israelis indicted for smuggling materials into Gaza, in return for huge financial gains, thereby assisting Hamas rehabilitate and rebuild tunnels & destroyed infrastructure.

By Ilana Curiel & Yoav Zitun

 

Three Israelis were charged Monday with smuggling goods into the Gaza Strip, including materials used by Hamas to rehabilitate its tunnel operation in the wake of Operation Protective Edge last summer. During questioning, the three claimed that they had been trying to make a living.

The materials transferred by the three, one a resident of the Gaza border area, included iron, electronic equipment and other prohibited items. Continue Reading »

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| February 23, 2015
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Cleared for Publication: Hamas Terror-Cell in West Bank Arrested

REPORTED: The 11-man Palestinian group apprehended in Hebron had organized to carry out a wide range of terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, including suicide bombings.

By Itay Blumenthal

 

A joint Shin Bet-IDF operation last month led to the arrests of an 11-man Hamas cell in Hebron, which had been planning to carry out terror attacks inside Israel. The news of the operation was announced Monday by the Shin Bet after a gag order was lifted.

Weapons recovered by Israeli security forces in Hebron. – Photo: Shin Bet Spokesman

The Shin Bet named key figures in the cell as Saheib Maamun Saltan, 20, a Hamas activist from Hebron, and his cousin, 28-year-old Salam Abbas Saltan, who has in recent years both been jailed and held in administrative detention in Israel. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2015
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Released for Publication: Shin Bet Arrest Israeli Arab After Seeking Martyrdom in Syria

Israeli Arab who illegally entered Syria, seeking to fight and die a Shaheed, was ‘captured and tortured by Assad security forces’ to gain intel on Israel, before returning home in a poor state of health from his ‘interrogations’.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Security forces arrest resident of Kalansuwa, 20, upon his return to Israel.
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A man holds up a knife as he celebrates the conquest of a town in Syria by Islamist fighters. – Photo: REUTERS

Security forces arrested an Israeli Arab in December who had returned to the country after attempting to join a jihadist group in Syria, but instead was captured by Assad regime security forces and tortured, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said on Monday. Continue Reading »

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| January 6, 2015
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Jailed: 3 Arabs Planned Massacre Disguised as Orthodox Jews

In amazing story, Jerusalem District Court imprisons 3 Israeli Arabs before executing terrorist attack at wedding-hall disguised as Jewish guests, but armed with machine guns.

By Tova Dvorin

 

The Jerusalem District Court convicted three Arab residents of Jerusalem of conspiring to carry out a terror attack Tuesday, after they were found to have planned an attack on a wedding hall in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood.

The three, named as Anas Awisat, Basel Abidat and Ahmed Sorour, were arrested last month following a joint operation by the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) and the Israel police.

According to Channel 10, the three had been planning on dressing up as hareidi Jews before entering the hall, disguised as guests, and then shooting everyone inside.

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| December 28, 2014
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Videos: Watch IDF Special Ops Arrest Molotov Cocktail Terrorists

Video icon JPEGShin Bet lifts gag order revealing details of how 2 terrorists, one a minor, hurled a Molotov Cocktail into an Israeli car, critically burning 11 yr-old girl.

By Ari Yashar

 

The Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) on Saturday night lifted a gag order on the arrest of the terrorists who committed the firebomb attack in Ma’ale Shomron in Samaria last Thursday, in which 11-year-old Ayala Shapira was critically wounded and her father Avner lightly wounded as their car went up in flames.

Several hours after the attack, roughly a dozen young Arab suspects from the nearby town of Kfar Azoun were arrested, according to the ISA report. 

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| December 16, 2014
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Israel’s Security Services thwart Tel Aviv suicide bombing attack – 5 Arabs Arrested

Shin Bet reports plot how highly motivated Palestinian woman from Jenin, assisted by 4 men from Tulkarm, plotted to dress up as pregnant Jewish woman to carry out suicide attack in Tel Aviv.

By Lilach Shoval & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The suspects include Jenin resident Yasmin Sha’aban, who was the designated suicide bomber. She planned to wear an explosive belt hidden under her clothes while disguised as a pregnant Jewish woman. Sha’aban intended to obtain an entry permit into Israel for medical reasons and use it to carry out a suicide attack in the Tel Aviv area.

A security checkpoint Sign says: “Stop, For Security Check” [Illustrative] – Photo: Michel Dot Com

The other four suspects are all men who reside in the Tulkarm area. Continue Reading »

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