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Posted on September 3, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleShin Bet foiled a Hamas plot to assassinate Israeli Minister Ben Gvir using drones. Arrests were made in the West Bank.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence service said on Wednesday it had thwarted a plan to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and that members of a Hamas cell had been arrested.
The planned Hamas attack against the far-right cabinet minister would have involved use of explosive drones, the Shin Bet said.
The Shin Bet said members of a Hamas cell from the Hebron area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank had been arrested and that drones had been seized. It said it believed the cell had operated a Hamas headquarters in Turkey "with the intent of carrying out an assassination attack on Ben Gvir."
An investigation was under way, it said.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas, with which Israel has been at war in the Gaza Strip for nearly two years, was not immediately available for comment. Turkey did not immediately comment.
Ben Gvir said in a statement he would not be deterred or afraid.
"Hamas has already tried five times to assassinate me, and each time they failed," he said, thanking God and Israel's security forces.
The war in Gaza began in October 2023, when gunmen led by Hamas attacked southern Israeli communities, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, including children, into Gaza. Forty-eight hostages remain in Gaza.
Since then, Israel's military action has killed 63,000 people, damaged or destroyed most buildings in Gaza and forced nearly all its residents to flee their homes at least once.
(Reporting by Steven Scheer, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Shin Bet announced that it had thwarted a plan to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, involving members of a Hamas cell.
The planned attack by Hamas would have involved the use of explosive drones.
Ben Gvir stated that he would not be deterred or afraid, mentioning that Hamas has already tried to assassinate him five times.
The conflict in Gaza has resulted in significant casualties, with Israel's military actions killing around 63,000 people since the war began in October 2023.
Hamas did not immediately comment on the thwarted assassination plot against Ben Gvir.
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