Seven East Jerusalem residents have been arrested on suspicion of planning attacks in Israel, including the assassination of an Israeli nuclear scientist and a mayor in central Israel. The suspects were recruited by an Iranian agent and were given various missions for which they were paid. The leader of the ring began preparations for the assassination but the cell was arrested before it could move forward.
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