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Islamic Jihad Plotted to Blow Up Israeli Wedding Hall, Kidnap IDF Soldier


(Jerusalem Post) The Israel Security Agency announced Thursday it had thwarted an Islamic Jihad plot to carry out a terror attack at a wedding hall and to kidnap and kill an IDF soldier for the purposes of bargaining with Israel. Mahmoud Yousef Hassin abu-Taha, of Khan Yunis in Gaza, was arrested last month while entering Israel through the Erez Crossing. Abu-Taha was enlisted by Wael Sufian abu-Taha, a senior Islamic Jihad official in Gaza, to form a cell to carry out the terror attacks. The three men whom Abu-Taha enlisted were also arrested. "This grave affair yet again exhibits the efforts of terrorist elements in Gaza to carry out murderous terror attacks in Israel," the ISA stated.
2016-10-21 00:00:00
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