According to Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, the agency has arrested a trio of Palestinians plotting with Al Qaeda to attack the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and storm other targets in Israel, authorities announced Wednesday.
There is no indication whether the plot went any further than the talking stages.
Shin Bet said the men, two from Jerusalem and one from the West Bank were recruited by an operative based in the Gaza Strip who worked for Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. They allege the Palestinians planned on attacking a Jerusalem conference center with firearms and then kill rescue workers with a truck bomb and that Al Qaeda also planned to send foreign militants to attack the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on the same day using explosives supplied by the Palestinians.
