Hizballah
Continues Recruiting Palestinians to Kill Israelis
by IPT News • Mar 9, 2017 at 1:20
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Israeli security authorities arrested a suspected Palestinian member of
Hizballah for planning terrorist attacks against Israelis, Israel's
domestic security agency announced on Thursday.
A subsequent Shin Bet interrogation revealed that Hizballah recruited
Yusef Yasser Suylam, 23, via Facebook page Suylam hails from the West Bank
town Qalqiliya.
Investigators say the Palestinian operative was responsible for
establishing a cell devoted to kidnapping Israeli civilians. Hizballah also
directed Suylam to conduct surveillance on Israeli military bases and other
security sites, in addition to various places in Jerusalem.
After an Israeli military court filed an indictment, several felony
charges are expected against the Palestinian terrorist.
Over the years, Hizballah has tried to establish a West Bank foothold to
carry out terrorist and kidnapping attacks against Israelis. Members of
Hizballah's Unit 133 external operations branch used social media,
particularly Facebook, to recruit West Bank Palestinians.
Last August, a Shin Bet investigation found disrupted a terror cell that was
recruited though the "Palestine the Free" Facebook page featuring
anti-Israel Hizballah posts. Cell leader Mustafa Kamal Hindi recruited
other operatives in hopes of waging a shooting attack against the Israeli
military. Each operative was between the ages of 18-22 and lived in
Qalqiliya.
One of the cell members purchased the material required to build a
suicide bomb, while another was tasked with building the explosive device.
Another terrorist focused on garnering intelligence about IDF patrols in
the area. The group also began training with rifles for shooting attacks.
The characteristics, modus operandi, and recruitment methods match the
description and reports surrounding recently arrested Yussef Suylam.
In January 2016, a Shin Bet investigation found that Hizballah leader Hassan
Nasrallah's son, Jawan, used social media to recruit terrorists in the West
Bank. Through encrypted email exchanges with a Hizballah handler, cell
leader Muhammad Zaghloul received instructions for carrying out
suicide-bombing attacks and provided a plan to kill an IDF officer.
Zaghloul admitted that the cell conducted surveillance of the officer and
requested $30,000 to purchase arms to kill him. The plot to kill Israeli
troops was likely in the execution phase, considering the two operatives
were arrested in possession of a firearm.
Click here to read more details about other Hizballah
attempts at recruiting Palestinians to conduct terrorist attacks against
Israelis.
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