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IDF: Iran-trained militant arrested in Gaza raid last month
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Gaza, terror, Iran, Israel

The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet arrested a senior terrorist in Gaza last month who had undergone training in Iran, according to a IDF statement released Monday after a gag order on the arrest was removed.

The militant, Ala Abu Medif, is part of a faction that defected from Fatah in the past. Abu Medif left Gaza in May 2007 for Iran. According to the IDF, the Iranians taught Abu Medif how to plan bombing attacks on specific Israeli buildings.

The IDF also announced that he had been involved in mortar fire towards the western Negev and volunteered to carry out a suicide attack.
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State officials said that his arrest proves that Iran is directly involved in Palestinian terrorism.

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