Police and the Shin Bet say 13 Arab Israelis from northern Israel are being charged with planning terror attacks on behalf of Hamas.
The suspects, mostly from Sakhnin, purchased weapons from operatives in the West Bank, according to a joint police and Shin Bet statement.
One of the members of the cell maintained contact with Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip, which provided him with instructions on how to manufacture explosives, and instructed him to recruit additional members, the statement says.
Four firearms, ammunition, and other equipment were seized.
Indictments against the suspects, some of whom were involved in rioting during the May 2021 Gaza war, are to be filed today.
Additionally, one West Bank Palestinian accused of weapons dealing was arrested.
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