Israeli police arrested a Beersheba man suspected of planning to plant bombs in mosques on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported. The paper said Yehonatan Ben Yishai, who was detained six days ago, was not linked to any extremist groups.
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