The Shin Bet security agency says forces arrested four Palestinians in recent weeks who planned to commit shooting attacks under orders of a Hamas member in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Shin Bet, the group was in contact with Belal Basharat, a Hamas terrorist who was released from an Israeli prison in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap and deported to Gaza.
The Shin Bet names the two “main” suspects as Anas Maraeva, 25, from Ras Atiya, and Aslam Tubasi, 26, from Tamun. Tubasi is Basharat’s brother-in-law, according to the agency.
Belal instructed the pair to purchase weapons and obtain information in order to carry out shooting attacks against both civilians and Israeli soldiers, the Shin Bet charges.
A weapon in their possession, along with cash sent to them from Hamas in Gaza was seized, the Shin Bet says.
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