In a joint operation by the General Security Service and the Israel Police, Uday Mobarsham, a resident of the northern village of Makar, was arrested in February for planning a shooting attack against security forces and civilians in Jerusalem during Ramadan.
During his interrogation by the police and Shin Bet, it emerged that Uday planned to carry out a shooting attack at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem, against police officers and Jewish civilians, using a gun in his possession, in order to express his identification with the Palestinian struggle and in the event that Muslim prayers on the Temple Mount were not allowed during the month of Ramadan.
The investigation also revealed that in order to further his plan, he purchased an illegal weapon and conducted shooting training with it. The gun was later seized from the possession of his brother, who was also arrested in the case.
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Uday also tried to recruit additional terrorists to carry out the attack - who were located and detained for questioning, on suspicion that they were part of the cell.
After exhausting all investigative activities, the police and the Shin Bet succeeded in establishing an evidentiary base against the suspects.
Meanwhile, the Haifa District Attorney's Office filed an indictment against Udai and his brother for assisting him in hiding the gun in his possession.
A Shin Bet source said: "This is a significant foiling in light of the assessment that if his plan to carry out the attack had been carried out during Ramadan, it could have undermined the peace and led to a dangerous escalation in the Jerusalem area during a period of high security tensions.".
