Indictments have been filed against a terror cell from the Ramallah area, which planned an attack on a Jerusalem bus.
The terrorists were arrested two months ago in a joint IDF-ISA operation. The terror cell, affiliated with the Fatah group led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, is comprised of terrorists Ahmad Jasser Ali, Mandar Sheikh Qasem, Bashir Awad, Amar Zubakh, and Ali Shawikhi.
In the ISA investigation, it became clear that the terror cell planned to remotely operate an explosive device which would be brought into pre-1967 Israel for the purpose of carrying out an attack due to the war in Gaza. IN addition, some of the cell's members had fired towards IDF forces over the past year, though they did not cause injuries.
During the interrogation of Ahmad Jasser Ali, it became clear that together with members of the cell, he manufactured an explosive device and planned to carry out a suicide bombing attack on a bus in Jerusalem. During his interrogation, the explosive device created by the cell and planned for use was handed over, and attempts were made to examine the device's remote control operations option. A Carlo weapon was also turned over.
Some of the cell members were indicted recently for crimes of membership and activity in an illegal union, shooting towards people, preparation for causing intentional death, possession of weapons, and attempting to manufacture weapons.
