(Jerusalem Post) Two Hamas agents were arrested on Nov. 29 for spying in Israel, the Israel Security Agency announced Thursday. Hussein Biari, an Israeli citizen with family in Gaza, and Mahmoud Ahmad, a resident of Gaza with a trade permit to enter Israel, met with Hamas operatives while staying in Gaza in order to receive missions. Ahmad gathered information about Iron Dome batteries throughout the country and secretly photographed IDF soldiers in Ashkelon. Biari collected information on military bases, IDF soldiers and Iron Dome batteries. He was also tasked with inciting the Arab population in Israel against the state and with obtaining weapons and carrying out a terrorist attack in Israel.
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