Posted on 08/08/23
| News Source: i24
Alam Kaabi leads terror activities in the West Bank in which he recruits Palestinians to carry out attacks, the Israeli internal security service says
Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency on Tuesday said it had dismantled a terror cell that was planning attacks against Israelis, orchestrated by a Palestinian terrorist in Lebanon.
In a joint operation with the IDF, the Shin Bet in recent months arrested “a number” of Palestinians living in the West Bank who planned or were planning terror attacks against Israelis. The terror infrastructure, according to the Shin Bet, was overseen by Alam Kaabi, originally from Nablus and an activist of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who was deported to Gaza but now resides in Lebanon.
Kaabi would recruit Palestinians in the West Bank, some of whom are close to his family, in order to carry out attacks against Israelis.
In this framework, the Shin Bet interrogated a number of activists, including Murad Kaabi, a resident of the refugee camp in Nablus, a relative of Alam, and Khaled Abu El Hija, a resident of Jenin.
During the investigation of Murad, it emerged that he was instructed by Alam to carry out shooting attacks. Two M16 weapons that were in the possession of the activists were also seized, and indictments were filed against Murad and Khaled in Israel's Military Court.
"The General Security Service, together with the IDF and the Israel Police, will continue to thwart any terror activity - including those carried out by terrorist operatives from Israel under the direction and intent of terrorist operatives outside of Israel, such as Alam Kaabi," the Shin Bet said in a statement.