The Shin Bet announced on Monday 24 Shevat that in a joint operation with a specialized Border Police unit and the IDF; ISIS terrorist 35-year-old Anas Haj Yachiya was taken into custody.

Yachiya, a resident of ‘Israel proper’, resides in Taibeh, is being charged with plotting acts of terrorism against Israel and a connection has been established between the suspect and ISIS. Authorities uncovered ISIS documentation in his possession along with bomb-manufacturing information. He is also tied to ISIS via Facebook and provided information on the construction of bomb belts and poisons.

He was plotting to establish an ISIS cell in Israel and enlist other Israeli Arabs to join. Targets he was planning to strike include a Tel Aviv bus as well as IDF soldier. An indictment has already been filed against him.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)