Shin Bet Busts Hamas Cell in West Bank Accused of Plotting Shooting Attacks

The Shin Bet security agency announced Wednesday that forces had arrested in recent weeks four Palestinians who planned to commit shooting attacks under orders of the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip. The group received its directions from Belal Basharat, a Hamas terrorist released from an Israeli prison in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap and deported to Gaza, the agency said. The Shin Bet said Basharat was a member of the Gaza-based terror group’s so-called “West Bank headquarters,” a unit involved in advancing terror attacks against Israel from the West Bank. The Shin Bet named the two “main”…