Israel busts 'global jihad' terror cell planning attacks, including against US Embassy

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David Barnett

January 22, 2014

 

Israeli authorities today announced the arrest of three global jihadists who were allegedly preparing to carry out terror attacks after being recruited by an al-Qaeda-linked operative in the Gaza Strip. The three terrorists were identified as Iyad Mahmoud Khalil Abu Sara, Rubin Abu Nagma, and Ala Yasin Mohammed Anam.

 

The arrested Palestinians from the West Bank and Jerusalem area were recruited online and planned to carry out kidnappings and bombings at the International Convention Centre in Jerusalem as well as the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, among other attacks. Israeli authorities kept their counterparts in the "US and elsewhere" updated on their investigation, Israeli security sources said.

 

According to the Shin Bet, the three had been recruited separately by a Gaza-based operative called Oreib al Sham. "Senior Shin Bet sources said they believed Al-Sham received his orders directly from the head of al-Qaeda's central structure, Ayman Al-Zawahri," the Jerusalem Post reported. The unconfirmed claim "is based on statements made by the suspects during questioning," Haaretz noted. According to Haaretz, al Sham told the recruits that he worked for Zawahiri.

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Israeli Air Force kills 2 Palestinian terrorists in Gaza airstrike
David Barnett
January 22, 201

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The Israeli Air Force (IAF) today targeted and killed Ahmed Za'anin, a Palestinian terrorist in the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Za'anin was killed along with another member of his family, Mohammed Za'anin, near Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.

 

Za'anin had been "involved in recent attacks against Israel and in the planning of further attacks in the coming days," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. According to the IDF, Za'anin was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He was previously a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the IDF said. Both the PFLP's Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's al Quds Brigades issued statements praising Ahmed Za'anin.

 

Mohammed Za'anin was said to be a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Associated Press reported.

"Since 2009 [Ahmed] Za'anin, with cooperation from other terror bodies in the Gaza Strip, has endorsed numerous attacks against Israel," the IDF said. Most recently, Ahmed Za'anin was involved in the rocket attack on Jan. 13 around the time of the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the IDF claimed.

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