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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-815845
Israeli Arab Doctor Pledged Allegiance to ISIS
(Jerusalem Post) Darcie Grunblatt - Muhammad Azzam, 34, a doctor at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, has been arrested, and an indictment was filed against him, for pledging allegiance to ISIS, the Israel Police reported Thursday. Azzam, an Israeli citizen originally from Nazareth, was detained in July on suspicion of engaging in activities inspired by ISIS. The Justice Ministry said Azzam had been reading ISIS-affiliated extreme online content since 2014. Numerous media files were found on the doctor's phone, including executions, beheadings, and mutilated bodies, as well as folders titled "Explosive Materials" and "Poison Preparation." Following Oct. 7, Azzam decided to join ISIS officially and pledged allegiance to Abu Hafs al-Hajri al-Qurashi, the new caliph. Following Oct. 7, Azzam sent his friends footage of the atrocities with a tone of joy.