A crime gang who laundered millions of shekels funneled by Hamas terrorists in Turkey to others in Israel has been indicted by Israeli police and security services.
Six Israeli Arabs living in Judea and Samaria were taken into custody after transferring and couriering smuggled terrorist funds between Hamas members and other terror groups.
The Cyber Department of the State Attorney’s Office then charged the group with contact with a foreign agent and dealing in terrorist property.
More than three million shekels was discovered by Israeli Police and the Shin Bet agency in a joint operation with the Cyber Unit in Lahav 433 of the Israel Police and the General Security Service over the past month.
A spokesperson said: “As part of an intensive investigation by the Shin Bet and the Israel Police, a complex and sophisticated infrastructure was uncovered that aimed to create platforms for bringing cash into Judea and Samaria, in the amount of millions of shekels…
“This is a unique case that, through a combined effort by the Shin Bet together with the Israel Police, led to the broad exposure of a financial infrastructure based on Israeli Arabs, which operated for Hamas elements in Turkey and served as an “oxygen pipeline” and a significant funding route for terrorist infrastructures in Judea and Samaria.
“Israel Police and Security Service…views with great seriousness any connection to terrorist elements and involvement in transfers of funds intended for terrorist infrastructures in Judea and Samaria and endangers the security of the State of Israel, and will continue to act in accordance with the authority granted to them by law and take the measures at their disposal to thwart such threats, and to punish all those involved severely.”
The six are named as Fadi Arabi, 33, Muhammad Tzitz, Adham Dolani, Suhail Bashir, and father and son William and Sami Hanna.
Two others who live in Turkey also took part.
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