An Israeli military court sentenced a Palestinian woman to prison for planning to lure an Israeli man to his death. Fatna Abu Ayash was on her way to Tel Aviv, armed with sleeping pills, when she was arrested, an Israeli army statement said after the sentencing Feb. 15. She had planned to seduce and drug her target and transport him to Nablus, where he was to be killed. Ayash was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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