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Israel Security Agency Foils Hamas Bombing Plans
(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - The Israel Security Agency has thwarted an attempt by the heads of Hamas in Gaza to establish terror infrastructure in the West Bank to plan and carry out bombings in Israel, the agency said Thursday. The Hamas high command in Gaza recruited fighters in the West Bank, taught them how to build bombs, and instructed them to find crowded places inside Israel to target - such as a large building, mall, restaurant, hotel, train or bus. Hamas communicated with the West Bank through messages passed on by Gaza patients allowed into Israel to undergo life-saving medical treatments, as well as Gaza residents who had business contacts in the West Bank. The terror infrastructure was uncovered following the Sep. 23 arrest of Awis Rajoub, 25, a Hamas militant from Dura, who asked some of his relatives and friends for help in purchasing materials to build bombs. Gaza operatives sent videos instructing Rajoub how to build remotely-detonated bombs. He also had video chats with an explosives expert.