Israeli prosecutors Monday charged a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem with allegedly trying to join the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, the Shin Bet domestic security agency said. Khalil Adel Khalil, born in 1990 and a resident of A-Tur neighbourhood, had been inspired by IS videos and in August resolved to join it in Syria, a Shin Bet statement said. It said Khalil, who worked as a para-medical assistant at a state-owned psychiatric hospital, used sports facilities at Jerusalem's Hebrew University to physically prepare for combat in the ranks of IS, which holds swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. He is alleged to have flown from Israel to Greece and then to Turkey where he contacted an IS agent who led him to a safe house near the border with Syria.
03-31-2015, 01:33 PM
Jerusalem Palestinian charged with trying to join IS
Israeli prosecutors Monday charged a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem with allegedly trying to join the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, the Shin Bet domestic security agency said. Khalil Adel Khalil, born in 1990 and a resident of A-Tur neighbourhood, had been inspired by IS videos and in August resolved to join it in Syria, a Shin Bet statement said. It said Khalil, who worked as a para-medical assistant at a state-owned psychiatric hospital, used sports facilities at Jerusalem's Hebrew University to physically prepare for combat in the ranks of IS, which holds swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. He is alleged to have flown from Israel to Greece and then to Turkey where he contacted an IS agent who led him to a safe house near the border with Syria.
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