It has been cleared to publishe the General Security Service, in cooperation with the Coast Guard and the Gideon Unit (18th 33) of the Israel Police, a few weeks ago a resident of Umm al-Fahm was arrested on suspicion of intending to carry out an explosive attack using an explosive device, after being recruited into the terrorist organization Hamas.

The suspect Muhammad Nadir of Khajna, a 20-year-old Israeli citizen resident of Umm al-Fahm, was arrested in possession of media used to communicate with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

An investigation by the Shin Bet revealed that he was recruited a few months ago into the military wing of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, for the purpose of carrying out an explosive attack using an explosive device in the territory of the State of Israel. The investigation reveals that in light of the economic and psychological pressures he was under, he began to approach the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, and later decided that he wanted to carry out a Yehad.

The investigation also revealed that he collected information about possible locations to carry out an attack in Israel, with an emphasis on security sites and crowded places, and sent the information he collected to Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

In the end, according to the instructions he received from Hamas, *he intended to carry out a deadly attack on bus route 921 in the Hadera area, and he even carried out several actions to carry out the attack before he was arrested.*

On May 9, 2023, an indictment was filed against Muhammad Mahajana, accusing him of serious security offenses.

To mention that in January of this year, two Israeli citizens living in Ma'awiya were arrested who were also recruited by the Hamas organization in the Gaza Strip for the purpose of carrying out a bomb attack in Israeli territory. From what emerges in the investigations, it is estimated that the two were operated by the same infrastructure.

A source in the Shin Bet: "The investigation of the affair once again reveals the efforts of Hamas to promote terrorist activity in the territories of Israel, while trying to publicly distance its involvement, at the same time as falsely presenting that it wants to promote the settlement moves in the Gaza Strip. This, while cynically exploiting the population of Israeli citizens and recruiting them for the benefit of terrorist activity.'

The responsibility for such activities lies with the leadership of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, headed by Yahya Sanwar, the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The General Security Service, together with the Israel Police, will continue to work to thwart terrorist activity on the part of the terrorist organizations, and to take all the measures at its disposal in order to protect the security of the State of Israel and its citizens and bring to justice all the parties involved.