Three Hamas men arrested on charges of plot to capture Israeli soldier

[ 07/04/2011 - 09:58 AM ]

NAZARETH, (PIC)-- The Israeli Shin Bet security agency has arrested three Hamas men it suspects were planning to capture an Israeli soldier to bargain for Hamas's men held in Israeli prisons, Israeli Radio reported.

The Israeli army arrested the three men in January, a gag order was placed by a military court until the indictment was made on Wednesday. The Israeli occupation claims that those arrested are three activists belonging to an armed Hamas cell in the Ramallah area.

According to reports, the men aimed to use the soldier as a bargaining tool in order to see the release of Palestinians held in Israeli jails. They also allegedly planned to buy a piece of land near Ramallah and build there a house using a tunnel to hold the soldier after his capture.

The men were identified as Hamza Ibrahim Moussa Zahran, Nazar Mohammed Shanina and Jihad Hani Dib Shami.

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