(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - Security personnel arrested a Hamas terror cell in the West Bank that plotted to manufacture and fire rockets, and kidnap and kill a soldier, the Israel Security Agency said Wednesday. The cell was headed by Ahmed Fahida, 26, an attorney from Ras Karkar, northwest of Ramallah, who was in contact with Ahmed Uda, a Hamas member in Gaza. Fahida was ordered to kidnap a soldier, steal his ID and cellphone to be used for negotiations with Israel, and then kill and bury his victim. Fahida and an accomplice had begun to gather weapons and materials to build rockets. Days before the arrests, Fahida informed his handlers in Gaza that the cell members were ready to begin the attacks.
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