The Shin Bet says in a statement that it foiled a planned Palestinian terror bombing of a bus in Jerusalem late last year.
During November and December 2024, Shin Bet agents and IDF soldiers arrested five operatives of a Ramallah-based terrorist cell, composed of Fatah and Hamas members, who planned to carry out the attack against the backdrop of the Gaza war.
During the operation, the Shin Bet confiscated an explosive device manufactured by the cell members which they planned to detonate remotely within Israel, as well as a Carlo submachine gun.
The five arrested are Ahmad Jassar Ali, Mundhir Sheikh Qassem, Bashir Awad, Omar Subah and Ali Shweiki.
The security agency says some members of the terrorist cell carried out a number of failed shooting attacks against IDF forces during the past year, all of which ended without casualties.
Indictments have recently been filed, charging the five men with membership in an illegal organization, shooting at a person, preparatory actions to kill, weapons possession, and attempting to manufacture weapons.
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