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Naim Jabrin was arrested during a security check at Ben-Gurion International Airport in June 2024.
An Israeli court sentenced Naim Jabrin, 27, a resident of Umm al-Fahm, to 45 months in prison and a fine of 10,000 shekels ($2,800) for trying to join ISIS.
At the sentencing, the judge said Jabarin watched online content of the organization, and then attempted to join the group and take part in its activities in Syria, Ynet reported on Monday.
Jabrin was arrested during a security check at Ben-Gurion International Airport in June 2024 together with Abdel Mahdi Gabarin as they tried to board a flight to Turkey from where they planned to cross into Syria.
The suspects became acquainted during prayers at a mosque in the city of Umm al-Fahm. Gabarin served as an imam in Arโara, a town southwest of Umm al-Fahm.
The two men were said to have consumedย online propagandaย that glorified ISISโs actions, including beheading videos put out by the terrorist group, and were suspected to have prepared for the fighting in Syria through combat training and shooting drills at firing ranges in Israel.
On June 17, 2024, theย Israel Policeย revealed that security forces had arrested a resident of Arโara on suspicion of preparing to join ISIS in Somalia. He was said to have made extensive preparations, includingย byย writing a will, collecting funds, applying for a foreign passport and maintaining contact with โhostile elements.โ
Earlier last year,ย ISISย spokesman Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari called on the groupโs supporters around the world to attack Jews and avenge the killing by the Israel Defense Forces of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The Arab terrorist who murdered a 14-year-oldย Israeli shepherdย in Samaria in April 2024 was inspired by ISIS, having become interested in jihad and the Islamic State around a year before he carried out the killing.
Israeli authorities have foiled several ISIS-linked terror plots.
In April 2024, four Arabs from eastern Jerusalem who had sworn allegiance toย theย Islamic State, two of whom planned to attack a police station near the capitalโs Teddy sports stadium, were indicted in an Israeli court.
The previous month, security personnel arrested four Palestinians planning ISIS-inspired attacks against troops inย Judea and Samaria.
In January of last year, Israeli security forces foiled an ISIS-inspiredย terrorist attackย that was toย be carried outย near the countryโs parliament in Jerusalem.
