Abu Dis (TPS) – A wide-scale Hamas terrorist cell has been exposed by Israeli security forces in an operation that lasted for several weeks. The cell, which operated in the Palestinian town of Abu Dis, located east of Jerusalem, planned to carry out multiple terrorist attacks and suicide bombings in Israel.

Thus far, security forces arrested 25 individuals involved in the plot, the majority of whom are students at the University of Abu Dis. The ringleader of the cell is Amad Ahmed Jamal Mussah Azzam, 24, from Qalaliya.