Israel’s Shin Bet security service arrested a group of Palestinians allegedly recruited via Facebook by Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah movement to attack Israelis

“Along with the orders to carry out shooting attacks and suicide bombings against Israeli targets, the agents were ordered to help recruit more (Palestinians) for the organisation’s activities,” a Shin Bet released a statement on Tuesday.

In one case, a Hezbollah agent had used Facebook to recruit a resident of Qalqilya who in turn recruited four others from his city in the north of the occupied West Bank, it said.
The five allegedly began gathering intelligence on Israeli army activities in the area and to conduct weapons training, before being arrested in June.
Shin Bet also said a Gazan recruited by Hezbollah through Facebook recruited three Palestinians from the West Bank who had started to train and plan attacks.
The four were also arrested before carrying out any action.
“Hezbollah is determined to continue encouraging the recent terror events from a distance and in an attempt to not let its involvement be seen,” the Shin Bet said.