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Israel nabs Palestinian for forming "terror cell" in Egypt

Xinhua, March 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Israel's Shin Bet security agency announced Sunday it has arrested a Palestinian who traveled to Egypt and allegedly set up a "terror cell" that carried out several attacks against Israelis.

Naguib Mustafa Nazal, a 33-year-old man from the village of Qabatiya in the northern West Bank, was arrested as he crossed from Jorden to the West Bank through the King Hussein Bridge.

According to a statement by the Shin Bet, in 2007, he moved to to study in Egypt's Cairo. In Egypt, he formed a group affiliated with the Holy Warriors Battalion, a radical Islamic organization, the Shin Bet said.

"Over the past years, the group carried out several attacks against Israeli targets, including firing rockets towards Israel and plotting terror within Israel," the Shin Bet said.

The arrest came amidst a six-month-long of Palestinian unrest, including frequent stabbing, shooting, and car-ramming in Israel and the occupied West Bank. At least 170 Palestinians and 28 Israelis have been killed since October. Enditem