Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
Security officials announced Thursday that they had arrested two Arab citizens of Israel who were planning terrorist attacks against IDF soldiers and Jewish civilians.
. One of the two, 21-year-old Akrama Jurin, admitted to the charges against him and said that he and
Their plan was to offer a soldier a ride, murder him and use his weapon for a shooting attack.
his collaborator had been influenced by the international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda and the Islamic idea of global jihad.
The two Arab-Israeli terrorists, residents of Jaljulya, were arraigned Thursday at a Tel Aviv District Court. They are to be charged with an attempt to kidnap and murder a soldier and an armed security guard, and with planning to open fire at IDF soldiers and Jewish civilians. Jurin and his accomplice also researched bomb-making online and carried out experiments with explosives near their home town. Security forces found materials for constructing an improvised explosive device (IED) in their possession.
The terrorists drove to a major highway junction near the Arab Israeli town of Kfar Kassem armed with knives. Their plan was to offer a soldier a ride, murder him and use his weapon for a shooting attack on other soldiers waiting at the intersection. They aborted their plan when they found no soldiers at the junction.
The would-be killers furthermore admitted that they intended to stab a security guard at the entrance to the Jewish town of S'dei Hemed, in order to infiltrate the town and use the guard's firearm in an attack on residents. However, that plan also was called off when they arrived at the entrance to S'dei Hemed and found it unguarded. After leaving S'dei Hemed, the terrorists drove towards the Jewish city of Kfar Saba, at which point they were apprehended.
Jurin told interrogators that he frequently watched videos of Al-Qaeda preachers showcased on Islamic Internet websites. He added that he also used the online videos as a tool to convince his 17-year-old accomplice to join him in the abortive jihad attacks.
Security officials said that this case is an example of the deep and widespread influence of jihadist messages on the Internet. Such ideological incitement leads to independent acts of jihad in the real world, the officials said, as the recent arrests amply demonstrate.
Other Security Events
On Thursday night, Arab attackers threw firebombs at an IDF
He frequently watched videos of Al-Qaeda preachers... on Islamic Internet websites.
soldier's car just 500 meters from the entrance to the city of Ariel in Samaria. The soldier was unhurt, but his car suffered damage. Two similar attacks took place earlier in the day in Gush Etzion, southeast of Jerusalem.
Earlier in the day, Palestinian Authority terrorists hit southern Ashkelon with a Kassam rocket, causing no injuries or damage. An employee of the Israel Electric Corp. (IEC) told Arutz-7 at the time, "There are attacks almost every day [in or near Ashkelon], but not all of them have been reported."
IDF soldiers shot and killed one man and wounded a second near the Gaza separation barrier, where terrorists frequently place explosive devices in the path of IDF patrols. The family of one of the slain men claimed that he was trying to catch birds. The incident follows almost daily targeting of Hamas terrorists in Gaza, including one aerial strike on a Hamas training base.
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