Israel on Monday, 25 Sivan 5773 lifted a publication ban on the May 2013 arrest of Hamas terrorist Bahar Atalla Samih Saad. He is in custody for planning terror attacks including shooting attacks and the abduction of Israeli.

The suspect was directed from overseas by Abed AlKhader Ibrahim Hajaz, a Hamas terrorist mastermind released from Israeli prison during the Shalit Deal currently residing in Qatar. Hajaz was serving ten life sentences for his part in deadly terror attacks in Israel from 2001-2003 resulting in the deaths of 10 Israelis including civilians and soldiers.

The investigation found that Saad had met with Hajaz in Jordan in April 2013, where he was recruited to carry out these attacks. For these attacks, Bahar was to receive four firearms by an unknown messenger working for Hajaz.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)