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Israel uncovers West Bank-Gaza terror cash pipeline
[IsraelTimes] The Shin Bet security service said Wednesday that it had uncovered a Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", and Islamic Jihad...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... operation to transfer cash from the Gazoo Strip to operatives in the West Bank. The Gazoo-based terror organizations would send debit cards loaded with funds, either via the mail or smuggled by couriers through the Erez Crossing from Gazoo into Israel. West Bank members then withdrew the money from ATMs for use to fund terror attacks, the Shin Bet said. Two suspects from Gazoo and the West Bank were detained by Israeli security forces for questioning during November and December, according to a Shin Bet statement. Gazoo City resident Salim Tutah, 26, received a permit to enter Israel to work as a tractor driver for a Paleostinian contractor doing projects for the american government aid agency USAID in the West Bank. Tutah confessed during interrogation to handing over a debit card loaded with thousands of shekels designated for the Islamic Jihad group. He had received the card from Hamas operatives on the Paleostinian side of the Erez Crossing. Ismail Huamda, 26, a Hamas member from the village of al-Samu near Hebron, received another debit card through a courier and was ordered to withdraw funds, the agency said. The Shin Bet said this was another example of the terror group "cynically exploiting" the fact that Israel allows thousands of Gazoo residents to enter Israel for humanitarian needs. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-09 |
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