(Ha'aretz) It has just been released for publication that the Shin Bet security service arrested a Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip in November who was an agent of the militant Hizballah organization. Ahmad Awiti, 40, confessed to investigators that he was recruited to join Hizballah in February 2001 while making a pilgrimage to Mecca. He provided information to Hizballah on IDF activities in the Gaza Strip and was supposed to participate in training in Lebanon.
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