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Shin Bet says it foiled West Bank shooting attack plot directed by Hamas members in Turkey
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
An attempt by Hamas to carry out a shooting attack in the West Bank, directed by members of the terror group in Turkey, was recently foiled, the Shin Bet security agency announces.
According to the Shin Bet, the cell was made up of Hamas representatives on the student council at Birzeit University in the West Bank
The Shin Bet says the cell was given instructions and funding by Hamas’s branch in Turkey.
Members of the cell were recently arrested by police’s elite Gideonim unit, and an assault rifle and thousands of dollars in cash provided by Hamas were also seized, the agency says.
