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Monday, August 18, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 18, 2014
Hamas mastermind linked to killing of teens
Deported terrorist Saleh al-Arouri, who presently resides in Turkey, is behind a terror cell in the West Bank that planned to overthrow PA President Mahmoud Abbas, the Shin Bet says.
Al-Arouri had recruited the head of the Hamas ring in the West Bank, Riad Nazer, in 2010.
An Israeli official had linked the Hamas leader to the killing of Israeli teenagers Gil-ad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Fraenkel in June.
Hamas operative Saleh al-Arouri (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
The Shin Bet says the cell had planned to commit a series of terror attacks against Israel “rare in its scope and severity.”
