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- Israeli authorities arrested last month two local staff members of the British Consulate-General in Jerusalem in connection with an alleged plan to fire a rocket into a Jerusalem stadium during a soccer game, a British Foreign Office spokesman said Monday.
"We are aware of reports that they may be charged with the illegal sale of weapons," said the spokesman who, following government tradition, declined to be identified.
"We are urgently seeking confirmation of the charges," the spokesman said. "We have been told by the Israeli authorities that the investigation into our two employees is unrelated to the work they do at the consulate. It is not appropriate to comment further on what is an ongoing legal process."
The Israeli police did not immediately confirm the report.
Monday's announcement came a day after Israeli police announced that five members of Hamas were charged in the alleged plot.
The five were arrested in November, Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said.
According to a statement from Israel's security service, the Shin Bet, the two main suspects were identified as Mussa Hamada of East Jerusalem, and Bassem Omri, an Israeli citizen living in Beit Tzafafa. Both are members of Hamas and the "Muslim Brothers" movement in Jerusalem, the Shin Bet said.
The pair are suspected of planning terrorist attacks following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in 2008, the statement said.
Three other Palestinians were charged with selling them pistols, Shin Bet said.
"We are aware of reports that they may be charged with the illegal sale of weapons," said the spokesman who, following government tradition, declined to be identified.
"We are urgently seeking confirmation of the charges," the spokesman said. "We have been told by the Israeli authorities that the investigation into our two employees is unrelated to the work they do at the consulate. It is not appropriate to comment further on what is an ongoing legal process."
The Israeli police did not immediately confirm the report.
Monday's announcement came a day after Israeli police announced that five members of Hamas were charged in the alleged plot.
The five were arrested in November, Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said.
According to a statement from Israel's security service, the Shin Bet, the two main suspects were identified as Mussa Hamada of East Jerusalem, and Bassem Omri, an Israeli citizen living in Beit Tzafafa. Both are members of Hamas and the "Muslim Brothers" movement in Jerusalem, the Shin Bet said.
The pair are suspected of planning terrorist attacks following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in 2008, the statement said.
Three other Palestinians were charged with selling them pistols, Shin Bet said.