Israel charges two Arab cousins for IS ties

December 24, 2015 21:11

Israel charged two Arab cousins from towns near northern city Nazareth for ties to the Islamic State group and planning an attack, the Shin Bet domestic security agency said today.

Mohammad Hassan, 20, from Rina, and Ahmed Saida, 23, from Umm el Ghanam, were arrested in November, the Shin Bet said.

They had left Israel for Turkey in May, where they met up with an IS operative who was to help them steal across the border into Syria, where they were to join fighters, it said.

But after encountering Syrian refugees at the border town who told them of the horrors they suffered under IS, as well as their families' pleas, the two had a change of heart and returned to Israel, the statement said.

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