Three residents of Umm al-Fahm were arrested for planning a terrorist attack on the Temple Mount, Israel’s Security Agency (Shin Bet) said Thursday.
In a joint operation of the Shin Bet and the Israel Police, the three, who were allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) were arrested earlier this month. According to the statement, released for publication on Thursday, the three were planning a shooting attack similar to the one in July in which two Israeli police officers were killed.
The three were identified as Sa’id Ghasoub Mahmoud Jabarin, 26, who is suspected of masterminding the attack, Fares Salah Mahmoud Mahajneh, 24, an ISIS supporter who is suspected in possessing firearms; and another unnamed 16-year-old who is suspected of involvement.
During the investigation the police found two pistols and ammunition that the suspects were planning to use in their attack. In addition, a “Carl Gustav” type sub-machine gun was found in Mahajne’s house.
The police statement stressed that the attack was planned in light of the suspects’ support of the Islamic State and in its ideology. The suspects were said to frequent ISIS propaganda websites and watch official ISIS videos and had planned to join the group’s fighters in Syria.
It was reported that the three were also planning to target security personnel and other non-Muslims and that they already conducted reconnaissance surveys around the compound, looking for potential locations to carry out the attack.
Jabarin and the minor were indicted in the Haifa District Court on charges of conspiring to aid an enemy, contact with a foreign agent and a series of weapons charges.
A senior Shin Bet official said following the publication that “The image that became clear during the investigation showed us that a short while after the deadly attack in July 2017 on the Temple Mount, two Umm al-Fahm residents planned a similar attack in the compound.
“The attack was prevented due to accurate intelligence that enabled the arrest of the squad before they managed to carry out the attack. The Shin Bet sees the Israelis the supports the Islamic State – and further more those who are in touch with their members and working directly for them – as a severe security threat,” he added.
The statement added the Islamic State organization, which is retreating in most of its battle fronts these days, still makes an effort to show a positive image on social networks.
”By doing that, that terrorist organization tries to recruit potential operatives,” the statement reads.
The attack in July 14th was carried by three Umm al-Fahm residents as well – Muhammad Ahmad Mahmoud Jabarin, 29, Muhammad Ahmed Fadel Jabarin, 19, and Muhammad Hamed Abd al-Latif Jabarin, 19. After the attack two Carl Gustav guns were found on their bodies, as well as one pistol.
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