Israel says busted West Bank cell directed by Lebanon-based operatives
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has thwarted the activities of a “terrorist cell” operating in the occupied West Bank whose members were “directed by operatives in Lebanon,” Israeli army Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Tuesday.
The Lebanon-based operatives, Mujahed Dahsha and Moussa Abou Seif, “instructed members to photograph a town in the Samaria area (West Bank) and conduct shooting drills in preparation for a planned attack,” Adraee said.
He added that detained cell member Mohammad Sadaqa revealed that he had “traveled to Lebanon, where he was recruited by a terrorist operative named Moussa Abou Seif, nicknamed Jibril, to carry out attacks in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and to recruit members to form battlefield cells.”
“After returning from Lebanon to Judea and Samaria (West Bank) via Jordan, Sadaqa recruited several other individuals to carry out attacks, including Mohammad Khalil, a resident of Ramallah, and Mohammad Barahmeh, a resident of Anza, both of whom were also arrested for questioning by the Shin Bet,” Adraee said.
“The interrogation of Sadaqa revealed that, up until his arrest, he continued to communicate with the Lebanese terrorist group via social media and a gaming application,” Adraee added.
“Separately, another cell activated by the same Lebanese terrorist group was uncovered. Two residents of the village of Tel in Samaria, Diaa al-Din Hamad and Nasser Asida, both in their twenties, were arrested and transferred to the Shin Bet for interrogation,” he said.
Adraee noted that Mujahed Dahsha is a resident of Lebanon with ties to Hamas operatives.
Source: Naharnet
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