Israel: Shin Bet thwarts Turkey-based Hamas cell terror attack


The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) thwarted a terror attack that Hamas had planned to carry out in Israel under the direction of one of its headquarters in Turkey, the organization said on Monday.

In mid-March, Shin Bet and Yamam forces arrested a Palestinian Jordanian resident Anas Shurman on suspicion of involvement in a plan to carry out a terror attack in Israel. The Shin Bet further stated a pipe bomb weighing 12 kilograms along with orders on how to carry out the attack had been found hidden near a spring in the West Bank.

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Source: The Jerusalem Post


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