Basam al Sadi, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and whose arrest last year sparked clashes between Israeli troops and militias of that terrorist group in Gaza, He was sentenced to 22 months of suspended prison after pleading guilty to “terrorist” activity, the Israeli Army reported.”The Military Prosecutor’s Office accepted Al Sadi’s plea agreement and sentenced him to 22 months in prison,” the Army said in a statement.The agreement was reached after a mediation process before a military judge, while the sentence will run from his arrest on August 1, 2022 and will be conditional, subject to the payment of bail.”Al Sadi was found guilty of activity in an illegal association, incitement and impersonation,” the Army said.According to the accusation, He worked together with other suspects to promote the activities of the terrorist organization in his student branch, among other things, receiving funding from a YIP group in the Gaza Strip, in addition to calling for “the continuation of the violent Palestinian struggle.”Sadi, 61, who has been imprisoned up to seven times, is one of the founders of the YIP and leader of the organization in Judea and Samaria. He was detained in August in Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian militias.Given the risk of escape, the Military Prosecutor’s Office requested at that time that Sadi remain detained until the end of the judicial process.”When Israeli security forces arrived to arrest him, Al Sadi posed as another person in an attempt to evade arrest,” the Army reported this Tuesday.Following his arrest, the PIJ announced a state of alert and Israeli forces, citing concrete indications of an imminent attack on the border with Gaza, launched a series of airstrikes on the Strip, which responded with rocket fire.After almost three days of fighting, A ceasefire was signed that reportedly included Egypt’s commitment to work for Sadi’s release. and another Palestinian detainee.Anti-terrorist raids have become almost daily since the end of March last year, when Israel launched its Operation Break the Wave in response to a series of deadly terrorist attacks.With information from EfePost navigation
