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3 Arrested In Nazareth For Planning Hamas-inspired Attacks

Israeli security forces and onlookers gather in front of a car wash, where five Arab Israelis were shot dead in Yafia, Nazareth, in June 2023. Shin Bet said that the terrorist organization Hamas continues to work to spread its ideology among the citizens of the State of Israel and its residents. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES.

NAZARETH, Israel — Israel has arrested three suspects in the Nazareth area for plotting to carry out terrorist attacks, Israeli authorities announced on Monday.

Indictments were due to be filed on Monday in the Nazareth District Court.

An investigation by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Police found that the three suspects, an adult and two minors, had produced firebombs that they planned to use against Israeli security forces.

The adult was identified as Mobin Ahmed Younes, a 19-year-old resident of Reina, an Arab village adjacent to Nazareth. The minors were only identified as from northern Israel.

“Younes frequented the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount during Ramadan and participated rallies while wearing the Hamas flag. He was also filmed inside Al Aqsa expressing his identification with the terrorist group,” said the indictment. 

Muslims raise Hamas flags on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2021. Three suspects arrested by Israeli Authorities for suspected terrorism activities were an adult and two minors, who had produced firebombs to use against Israeli security forces. JAMAL AWADI/FLASH90.

Tensions on the Temple Mount were high during Ramadan, which overlapped with the week-long Jewish Passover holiday. Palestinians barricaded inside the Al Aqsa Mosque were evacuated by police.

In another case, one of the suspects was photographed on the roof of a house in his village holding a weapon and wrapped in Hamas flags.

The indictments added that all three had read material produced by Hamas.

Palestinian terror groups are known for exploiting social media to recruit children.

“The terrorist organization Hamas continues to work to spread its ideology among the citizens of the State of Israel and its residents and, among other things, works to recruit them through propaganda distributed on the Temple Mount and on social networks, with the aim of promoting terrorist activity in Israel,” said the Shin Bet in a statement announcing the arrests.

Produced in association with Jewish News Syndicate

Edited by Judy J. Rotich and Newsdesk Manager

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