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Negev minor arrested last month for plotting attacks with Hamas, police say
Police say they have arrested an Israeli teen on suspicion of carrying of planning attacks for the Hamas terror group.
The 17-year-old, who is unnamed in line with privacy rules for minors, was arrested on October 15, authorities say.
“During questioning, it arose that the minor identifies and supports Hamas, and for a time was employed in planning various terror [activities],” police say in a statement. “He even planned to carry out an attack and took steps to prepare it.”
He is described by police as a resident of Israel’s Negev desert whose father is of “West Bank Palestinian extraction.”