Terror cell leaders planned to travel abroad to meet ISIS representatives
A terror plot to blow up the Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv, located in one of Israel’s largest central hubs, according to an announcement issued by the Israel Police and Shin Bet domestic intelligence on Thursday morning.
The attack was reportedly planned by five Israeli-Arab residents of Tayibe, who had recently established a terror cell affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The attack was foiled in a joint operation by police officers from the Central Police Unit, as well as undercover Unit 433 “Gideonim” fighters and Shin Bet officers. The undercover investigation had been ongoing for over a month before the arrests were made.
Initially, only two members of the terror cell were arrested, Mahmoud Azzam and Ibrahim Sheik Yousef, who were described as the leaders of the group. Azzam and Yousef recruited three others – Sajed Masarwa, Abdullah Baransi, and Abdel Kareem Baransi – to participate.
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