For those new to Shin Bet, it is the internal security service and counter-intelligence agency in Israel....a bit like a combination of our FBI and CIA...and they foiled quite a plot by Hamas regarding the planned abduction of IDF soldiers. The Shin Bet operation actually happened earlier this year but is just now being revealed.
Hamas of course are the culprits in the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit a number of years ago and apparently they wanted to repeat that except on a bigger scale.
From the story at The Jerusalem Post:
A Hamas terror cell in the West Bank was captured earlier this year for allegedly plotting to kidnap IDF soldiers and use them as bargaining chips in a bid to release Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) released for publication on Wednesday.
The cell consisted of three Hamas operatives, including a former member of the Palestinian Authority security forces who was arrested by Israel in 2006 and released last February for planning a similar scheme five years ago. Another member of the cell from the village of Bido was also released from Israeli prison last December.
According to the Shin Bet, the three Hamas operatives planned to purchase a plot of land in the Ramallah area and to dig a tunnel or cave underneath it in which they planned to store soldiers they planned to kidnap.
This shows how intent Hamas still is on getting those they want out of Israeli prisons - we know that one of the last negotiations for Gilad Shalit's release included HUNDREDS of palestinians to be released but Hamas has their eyes on some big fish that are behind Israeli bars.
Which brings me to the real interest in these plans to abduct IDF soldiers - Hamas is try to replicate the capture of the IDF's Goldwasser and Regev by Hezbollah where the end result was the Israelis releasing one of the most vile Lebanese prisoners held in Samir Kuntar. The whole event was humiliating to Israel in that they got the bodies of Goldwasser and Regev back only to find that they had been tortured and their dead bodies desecrated and in return, Hezbollah got back the killer of Jewish children.
This is what Hamas wants - they want enough IDF soldiers to force Israel to give up the biggest Pali terrorist leaders they have in prison - it's all about humiliation, it's all about the stage that has been set.
Thank G_d for Shin Bet. And as for the three captured Hamas...ummm...don't let them out again unless you plant a timed bomb inside of each of their bodies.
Shin Bet nabs Hamas terror cell planning kidnappings
A Hamas terror cell in the West Bank was captured earlier this year for allegedly plotting to kidnap IDF soldiers and use them as bargaining chips in a bid to release Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) released for publication on Wednesday.
The cell consisted of three Hamas operatives, including a former member of the Palestinian Authority security forces who was arrested by Israel in 2006 and released last February for planning a similar scheme five years ago. Another member of the cell from the village of Bido was also released from Israeli prison last December.
According to the Shin Bet, the three Hamas operatives planned to purchase a plot of land in the Ramallah area and to dig a tunnel or cave underneath it in which they planned to store soldiers they planned to kidnap.
One of the operatives was supposed to live in the house on top and care for the kidnapped soldier. The three were arrested in January and were charged in a military court last month.
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