Two Bedouin-Israeli women were arrested for having alleged ties with the Islamic State group, the Shin Bet security agency revealed Monday.
Rahma al-Assad and Tasnin al-Assad, both 19, from the Bedouin village of Lakiya in southern Israel, are suspected of planning to carry out an ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve terrorist attack in Israel.
Ahmad Abu Ramila, 24, a resident of east Jerusalem, was also arrested in the case.
All three were arrested in a joint Israel Police-Shin Bet operation in December.
Both women were indicted before the Beersheba District Court on Monday for planning a deadly terrorist attack, contacting a foreign agent and joining an illegal organization. Abu Ramila was indicted as an accessory to the crime.
During their interrogation, Rahma and Tasnin reportedly admitted that over the past year they have been in touch with ISIS operatives overseas, who instructed them to carry out various missions as preparations for a large-scale terrorist attack in Israel.
The two posted anti-Israel and anti-Jewish statements on social media and planned to leave Israel for an undisclosed country where they were to join ISIS fighters, the Shin Bet said.
