Israeli security services reportedly foiled a series of plots to assassinate the country’s national security minister, attack government buildings in Jerusalem and attack the country’s main international airport.
Meanwhile, police revealed they arrested three so-called Islamic State supporters last month after they reportedly planned terror attacks on police stations and stadiums.
Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, said on Thursday it had discovered a Mixed Israeli, Arab and Palestinian terrorist group They plotted to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and attack government buildings outside Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion Airport.
IDF bases were also reportedly targeted, with plans to kidnap soldiers stationed there.
The suspected terrorists are said to be planning to rent land in Lahat, southern Israel, or an area of the West Bank to build a factory with an underground complex that could be used for weapons manufacturing and training.
They are also said to be in contact with Hamas in Gaza, seeking funding and instructions. One of the arrested Palestinian men was reported to have been in contact with a Hamas operative in the area.
The group reportedly planned to use weapons such as rockets and missiles to attack Mr. Bengvir in the West Bank settlement of Qiyat Alba.
The Shin Bet said it “intended to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir by obtaining rockets for an attack.”
in addition, jerusalem post According to reports, the Jerusalem Regional Police and the Shin Bet arrested three men in their 20s last month, who were allegedly supporters of the “Islamic State” and were planning terrorist attacks.
Two of the men reportedly planned to build and detonate explosive devices and attack a police station in east Jerusalem and another near the city’s Teddy Stadium.
They were said to have been recruited by another terrorist who was trained abroad by an Islamic State member.
The Shin Bet named seven Israeli Arabs and four West Bank Palestinians involved in the latest plot, Israeli media reported. They were all arrested.
this times of israel It said the Arab-Israeli men were identified as Bilal Nassara, the leader of the group, from Rahat; Wissam Siwati, from Rahat; Hamza Ghaith, from Rahat; Saud Abu Laban, from Lahat; Sameh al-Obra, from Lahat; Yousef Abu Hawli, from Lod in central Israel; and Fahmi Kathani from Ma’ale Iron, in northern Israel.
The four Palestinians, all from the West Bank, are said to be Akram Ammer, a recruiter from Tulkarem; Muhammad Sabheh, from Tulkarem; Ahmed Atiq, from Jenin; and Ahmed Saleh, from Jenin.
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