[IsraelTimes] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, gang, which includes prisoner released in Shalit deal, bumped off Malachy Rosenfeld in a drive-by shooting last month
Four members of a seven-strong Hamas cell behind a deadly terror attack in the West Bank last month have been detained by Israel, the Shin Bet security service said Sunday. Two others are being held by the Paleostinian Authority.
Malachy Rosenfeld was killed, and three others were maimed, when gunnies opened fire on their car near the West Bank settlement of Shvut Rachel, north of Ramallah, as they returned from a basketball game.
The cell also carried out an attack on an ambulance close to the settlement of Beit El on June 27, in which no one was maimed; they had attempted to carry out a separate attack on June 6.
The four men were detained in a joint operation between the Israel Police and the Israel Defense Forces, according to the Shin Bet. Two other cell members, including its operations leader, are being held by the Paleostinian Preventive Security Services.
The Shin Bet said Sunday that the seventh man, Ahmad Najjar, who orchestrated and funded the shooting attack from Jordan, was among the prisoners released by Israel for captured Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011. He has not been apprehended.
Maath Hammad, who allegedly pulled the trigger, and another suspect are being held by the Paleostinian Authority but questioned by the Shin Bet, the security service said.
Six members of the group are from the town of Silwad northeast of Ramallah. The seventh, who is also the father-in-law of one of the other suspects and not identified as a Hamas member, lives in nearby Kusra, the agency said.
Israeli news site Ynet reported that Najjar was previously imprisoned for several shooting attacks, including one that killed six Israelis during the Second Intifada.
The cell members admitted that they had intended to carry out additional shooting attacks in June.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon praised the security forces for apprehending the suspects.
He also accused The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
of hosting a Hamas big turban actively planning attacks.
Attempts to activate Hamas cells in the West Bank originate in "Hamas headquarters in Gazoo and Istanbul, from where Salah Aruri plans severe attacks against us by proxies in the West Bank and in neighboring countries," he said in a statement.
"Salah Aruri is acting from Turkey -- a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
member, which at the same time allows a terror base on its territory," Ya'alon charged.
| Ynet has photos and details about the individual miscreants here. |
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