(Ha'aretz) Gili Cohen - The members of a Hamas cell that planned to assassinate Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman during the summer war with Hamas have been arrested and charged in a military court, the Israel Security Agency revealed on Thursday. The group planned to purchase a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher and attack the minister's car. Cell members had gathered intelligence about his movements and his security detail. The cell was headed by Ibrahim Zir, 37, a senior Hamas activist from the village of Harmala, near Bethlehem, who previously served time in Israeli jails for membership in Hamas and subversive activity. Following the interrogation of the cell, another separate Hamas network was uncovered that was planning other attacks in the Gush Etzion area.
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