|
Trending Topics
|
Hamas Recruiters Pose as Journalists to Attract New Operatives in West Bank
(Israel Security Agency) Qutayba Al Nawaj'a of Yatta, 21, was detained by the Israel Security Agency on Dec. 21, 2018. He revealed that a year prior, he started communicating via Facebook with a Hamas operative from Gaza named Mohammad Arbid. At first, Al Nawaj'a believed Arbid to be a journalist, since during riots on the Gaza border Arbid had photographs taken of him wearing a shirt with "PRESS" written on it. Al Nawaj'a was told by Gaza-based Hamas operatives to carry out a suicide bombing using an explosive belt on a bus in Lod, Israel. He was to receive the explosive belt mere days after his arrest. Bahaa Shuja'iya of Deir Jarir, 21, was the leader of Hamas' clandestine student cell at Abu Dis University. Shuja'iya was contacted by a Gaza-based Hamas operative via Facebook. The operative was Moussa Alayan of Jabalya, a Hamas member who is identified as a journalist on social media.