Israel's Shin Bet security service said Monday it had arrested an Arab Israeli on suspicion of aiding ISIS and plotting attacks.
Its agents and police had arrested Anas Haj Yahya, 35, from the northern town of Taibe, on Jan. 29 "in the wake of intelligence information which pointed to him as someone working to promote terror within the state of Israel."
He was formally charged on Monday in a court in Lod, central Israel, Shin Bet said in a statement, without detailing the charges.
"During interrogation by the Shin Bet, it became clear that he was in contact with 'Islamic State' activists" through internet forums, the Hebrew-language statement said.
He had been asked by ISIS contacts abroad to plan an attack on a Tel Aviv bus and on Israeli soldiers "but the plan was never carried out."
"Among items seized at his home were pictures of military material and explosive charges," the statement added.
Several Arabs from northern Israel have been arrested for alleged links with ISIS and around 50 Arab Israelis are currently believed to be among its ranks in Syria and Iraq.
Israel added ISIS to its list of terrorist organizations in October 2015.
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