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State Prosecutor's Office (Central District) will soon present indictments against Masri, Abu Kishak and Abed.
It should be pointed out that during the current round of Palestinian violence, several cases in which those who hold Israeli ID cards as a result of family unification efforts have become attractive targets for recruitment into terrorist organizations due to their ability to move about inside Israeli territory. Shadi Tubasi, who perpetrated the March 31, 2002 suicide-bombing at the Matza restaurant in Haifa, in which 15 Israelis were murdered, was one such example.
March 17, 2003
Indictment on Use of Ambulances for Terrorist Activities form March 12, 2003
(Communicated by the IDF Spokesman)
On March 10 2003, a hearing was held in the military court in Bet El regarding the indictment of Isalam Jibril, a Red Crescent ambulance driver, who is charged with using ambulances to transport weapons to terrorists of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Nablus and Ramallah.
Among the weapons that the accused transported were guns and explosive belts which were intended for use in terror attacks. In order to disguise the contents of the ambulance, Jibril also transported a doctor and his brother's wife and children, and drove to a checkpoint outside Ramallah where IDF forces stopped him.
The accused pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him and was sentenced with up to four and a half years in prison and a suspended sentence. Revolver hidden in ambulance According to section 2-1 in the indictment: The accused was working as an ambulance driver for the Palestinian Red Crescent at the end of August 2001 when he held a number of telephone conversations with Nadal Zahar also known as "Abu-Antar," a senior terrorist in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, the military wing of the of the Fatah-Tanzim. Abu-Antar asked the accused to transport "material" to Nablus and Ramallah. The accused immediately understood that the "material" in question was weapons designated for terrorist attacks.
After a short time, Abu-Antar visited the home of the accused in Balata and asked if he was prepared to transport guns to Ramallah. The accused agreed and a few weeks latter, in the middle of the night, Abu-Antar brought over a black sack containing a revolver. The accused was instructed to pass the revolver on to Mahmoud Yusuf Idris Al-Surqan, head of Sheikh Ziad Hospital in Ramallah and a resident of El-Bireh. The accused was then requested by Idris to transport a letter and a large package which contained the dates and details of terror attacks carried out by members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade. The letter contained the phrase, "Send grass for the lamb." The accused testified that he immediately understood that this was a code from Idris requesting weapons or ammunition from Abu-Antar. Explosive belt hidden in an ambulance On March 26, 2002, the accused spoke to Abu-Antar on the phone and agreed to use his ambulance to transport an explosive belt to Ramallah. Abu-Antar arrived at the home of the accused in Balata with Muhammud Titi, another terrorist in [next page]