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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/gazan-laborer-arrested-in-israel-as-hamas-spy-shin-bet-says/
Gazan Laborer Arrested in Israel as Hamas Spy
(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - The Israel Security Agency (ISA) said Thursday it has arrested a Palestinian man from Gaza, Saber Mahmoud Yosef Abu Thabat, 28, for spying in Israel on behalf of Hamas. Abu Thabat, who was arrested in November, had a permit to enter Israel for work. He was recruited by Hamas to collect information on Israeli security agents and to scout out strategic sites in Israel. "As part of his interrogation, and due to his activity in Hamas and the knowledge he was exposed to, a vast amount of information was obtained about the operating methods of Hamas' intelligence mechanisms, including the identity of operators, locations of tunnels, weapon stockpiles, and military locations from which the organization operates," the ISA said.