A senior Shin Bet source called the investigation 'another step in the counter-terrorism efforts carried out in the past year against Quds Force and Hezbollah attempts to recruit Israeli Arabs.'
With a major spike in COVID-19 cases hitting Israel, authorities are again tracking those infected with the deadly virus and locking down the hardest hit areas in the Jewish state.
Among those apprehended is Mahmoud Bakir, a senior smuggler who works with terror groups in Gaza. His arrest constitutes a significant operational achievement.
The Shin Bet's second-to-none counterintelligence efforts focused on sabotage, terrorist activities, and other security threats to the citizens of Israel.
'The two support ISIS and even see themselves as its emissaries until such time as an Islamic State [branch] is formed in Israel,' said the Israeli Shin Bet security agency.
PM Netanyahu commended 'the operational-intelligence effort that led to the thwarting of a terrorist attack that Hamas planned to carry out on our territory.'
In a new tactic, Hamas leaders in Gaza take advantage of Israel's humanitarian decision to allow ill Palestinians into the country for medical treatment.
A large terrorist network in the Nablus region that plotted major attacks in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem has been foiled by the Shin Bet and IDF in recent months.
Gazans captured by Israel after being sent by Hamas to Israel's border revealed the terror group's deep involvement and exploitation of the March of Return.