Four Negev Residents Indicted Over Beersheba Terror Plot

Prosecutors filed an indictment Friday against four young Negev residents accused of forming a terror cell and planning attacks at Beersheba's central bus station and the Segev Shalom police station. Police and Shin Bet investigators said the May-June probe began after one suspect allegedly posted content inciting terror, then led to a joint operation by the Southern District central unit and undercover Border Police. Reports said the alleged plan shifted from stabbing to gunfire, and the charges include conspiracy to commit a terror act and terror-training offenses; the lead defendant also faces incitement and terror-identification counts. Authorities said the plot was stopped before implementation and vowed to prosecute those seeking to harm Israel's citizens and residents.