(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Anshel Pfeffer - The Israel Security Agency cleared for publication on Thursday that on Dec. 12 it arrested prominent Gaza Hamas official Salman Abu Atik, 43, who infiltrated into Israel with the intention to abduct an Israeli soldier, murder him, and to negotiate over the body. It is believed that Atik exited Gaza through a tunnel into Egypt, where he attempted to enter Israeli territory. He was found in possession of $15,000 in counterfeit bills, a gun, and a silencer. Another Hamas man, Ibrahim Zuara, 44, was arrested on Dec. 31. Zuara was in possession of two explosive devices each weighing 7 kilograms and confessed to involvement in planning the soldier's abduction.
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