Two Arab citizens of Israel were sentenced to jail time on Thursday for a plot to murder Israeli Jewish pilots and scientists using booby-trapped toy cars. Mastermind Anis Safouri, 22, was sentenced to 14 years in jail, while co-conspirator Husam Halil was sentenced to two and a half years.
The two belonged to “The Martyr Imad Mughniyeh Cell,” named for assassinated Hizbullah arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh. The cell was linked to Islamic Jihad. The group said it was behind the recent murder of two Israeli police officers.