JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Wednesday it had arrested two Palestinians from East Jerusalem who were planning to carry out attacks for al Qaeda, including on the U.S. Embassy, with the help of foreign suicide bombers posing as Russian tourists.
The men were recruited by another al Qaeda agent in the Gaza Strip, said Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency, the second Israeli report in as many months suggesting the militant network was taking root among Palestinians.
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