Teen Charged With Planning Attack After Pledging Allegiance to ISIS
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
An 18-year-old from Umm al-Fahm, Mustafa Jbaraeen, has been indicted for planning a terror attack in Jerusalem after pledging allegiance to ISIS. He traveled to the Old City with a knife intending to kill a soldier, reportedly motivated by anger over prisoner conditions. Jbaraeen consumed ISIS propaganda and searched for bomb-making instructions. He confessed to planning the attack during interrogations but later recanted parts of his statement. The Shin Bet also confirmed a separate planned attack in Beersheba.
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- Mustafa Jbaraeen, 18, was indicted for planning a terror attack in Jerusalem.
- He traveled to Jerusalem with a knife to kill an IDF soldier.
- Jbaraeen pledged allegiance to ISIS multiple times and consumed its propaganda.
- His alleged motive was anger over headscarves removed from security prisoners.
- He confessed to planning the attack but later recanted parts of his statement.
- The Shin Bet confirmed a separate planned attack in Beersheba.
An 18-year-old from Umm al-Fahm, Mustafa Jbaraeen, was indicted on Friday for planning a terror attack. According to the indictment, Jbaraeen acquired a knife, concealed it in his coat, and traveled to Jerusalem with the intent to kill an IDF soldier. He traveled by bus to the Old City's Lions' Gate area on a planned trip in 2025, where he waited near the bus station to ambush a lone soldier. When he could not find a target, he returned home with the knife.
Jbaraeen's decision to carry out the attack was reportedly fueled by anger over reports of headscarves being removed from security prisoners in Israeli jails. He had pledged allegiance to ISIS at least three times, including once on a bus returning from a trip in October 2025 and twice at his home. He consumed ISIS propaganda, searched online for instructions on making explosives and deadly poisons, and watched related videos.
During his interrogation by the Shin Bet and police, Jbaraeen confessed to planning the attack and pledging allegiance, though he later recanted parts of his statement, confessed again, and then recanted a second time. Following his arrest, investigators searched his home and seized digital materials and other findings that supported suspicions of his support for the terrorist organization and involvement in planning the attack. His phone contained ISIS posts, videos, and pledges of allegiance.
In a related development, i24NEWS reported that the Shin Bet confirmed a resident of Segev Shalom was planning an attack in Beersheba.
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