The Shin Bet thwarted a bomb attack in Israel by a resident of the Gaza Strip who had a work permit in Israel. A bomb that he planned to use on a bus in the south of the country was seized. A serious indictment was filed against him this morning.
On October 30, the Shin Bet and Israel Police arrested Fatehi Ziad Zakot, 31 years old, a resident of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, who has a work permit in Israel.
The Shin Bet investigation revealed that he was recruited by the PIJ to carry out an attack on a bus line in the south of Israel.
Zakot's investigation revealed that he underwent explosives training by an explosives expert in Gaza and that upon his entry into Israel he began collecting materials for assembling an explosive device, materials that were seized at the time of his arrest.