Israel’s Shin Bet says it thwarted attack on right-wing minister Ben Gvir

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence service said on Wednesday it had thwarted a plan to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, and that members of a Hamas cell had been arrested.

The planned Hamas attack against the far-right cabinet minister would have involved use of explosive drones, the Shin Bet said.

The Shin Bet said members of a Hamas cell from the Hebron area in the Israeli-occupied West Bank had been arrested and that drones had been seized….