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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=8699
East Jerusalem Terror Cell Charged with Planning to Abduct Israelis
(Israel Hayom) Lilach Shoval - Indictments were filed on Wednesday against members of a terror cell, Arab residents of east Jerusalem who were arrested in March, who conspired to kidnap and murder an Israeli in order to steal his weapon. According to the Israel Security Agency, three cell members picked up a Jewish hitchhiker, but upon learning that he was not carrying a weapon, decided to let him go. The cell also planned to carry out a terrorist attack on the Temple Mount, including firing weapons at Israeli security personnel stationed there. The leader of the cell, Nur Hamdan, 25, confessed that he had planned to carry out an attack on the Temple Mount "to protect Al-Aqsa mosque." He said he had been inspired by YouTube videos detailing terror attacks in Jerusalem.