Jerusalem Temple Mount Photo: Israel Police Two Israeli Arabs were accused of planning a suicide terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State organization on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in a synagogue in Tel Aviv or a city in the center of the country with few Muslim inhabitants.The two suspects were arrested last month, and were also accused of failing to inform authorities that they had knowledge of another group of Israeli Arabs who were also planning to carry out a similar gun attack on the Temple Mount in September. to the one committed in the month of July in which two Israel Police officers were murdered. That cell was arrested in September before they could carry out the attack on the Temple Mount.The defendants were identified as Muhammad Jabarin, 20, whose brother was a member of the cell that was destroyed in September, and his 16-year-old younger brother, said the General Security Service (Shabak). A third suspect, Imad Jabarin, 20, was also arrested by the Shabak in January; but he was not charged.Muhammad Jabarin Photo: ShabakSecurity services indicated that he was also involved in planning the frustrated attack.All three reside in the Arab city of Umm al Fahm, in northern Israel, the same town where the terrorists who attacked the Temple Mount last July came from.On July 14, three Israeli Arab terrorists, all named Muhammad Jabarin and residing in Umm al Fahm, murdered with firearms the Israeli Druze officers Haiel Sitawe, 30, and Kamil Shanaan, 22, who were protecting access to the Temple Mount. Other police officers on the scene quickly gunned down the terrorists.”The attack was thwarted thanks to precise intelligence information to carry out the timely arrest of the cell members even before they obtained the weapons,” Shabak said in a statement.”It was also learned that some members of the cell were considering attacking sacred buildings (synagogues and churches) and security forces, carrying out vehicle attacks or attacks during Christmas,” the note adds.Post navigation
