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making his report to his boss, William King.  The latter met with Jon Bradley and it was decided to place Hariri’s new tenants under active surveillance.
     
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    "An hour ago, two teams of the Mossad’s Kidon (ultra-secret assassination unit) operatives, including a female, raided the Islamic-Jihadist cell. There was a firefight.  They left behind two bodies of the alleged terrorists and another of the landlord." Steve narrated to them as a matter of fact.
    The others present were surprised though not shocked.  They had all along suspected that the Israel’s Mossad agents were aware of the Hezbollah Jihadist cell's presence in Yonkers. 
    However, since it was known among the intelligence agencies that the FBI was actively involved in the case, they had not expected the Mossad operatives to act prematurely on their own.
    On an afterthought, Jon said, "I don't think they were able to lay their hands on the mastermind.  According to our surveillance, the Lebanese businessman was never seen visiting the place nor anywhere around."
    "The landline was wiretapped and the house was bugged," Allan Banks came in. "William personally supervised the operation when on a Friday the occupants were all away at the Anjuman Mosque for the obligatory prayer service.
    “It's possible that they suspected the house being bugged because except for normal conversations no incriminatory talk, whatsoever, was heard concerning their terror plot, both over the phone and inside the premises. 
    “Obviously, they will have used the
    cellphones or public phones to communicate with their counterparts elsewhere.”
    "As I understand, informant Abdullah was the only outside source to get close to them. The old man did odd jobs for the tenants living in the block,” Agent King stated.
    “Was he able to pick up any specific information about them?" asked Steve Turner.
    "His last report was vague, something about seeing some drawings and pictures lying about in the living room, which he could not describe.  Abdullah is not English literate.
    “At another time, Abdullah and another man were helping to unload the delivery of some wooden boxes into the tenant’s house. He happened to overhear a gist of a conversation in lowered tones, between two of the alleged terrorists, speaking in Arabic outside the house, before they noticed his presence and stopped talking. They appeared to be speaking about guns,” explained William.
        Steven shrugged, getting ready to leave the conference room. "Well, we will have time to check on that later.
        “Anyway, the Mossad operatives would have left the search for the Jihadist's weapons and other evidence, if any, to us. They would not have had the time for a thorough search of the premises.
        “Incidentally, Judge Rothenberg, signed the Search Warrants of possible cause for both the locations.”
    He rose to his feet, "The NYPD officers and our agents are already at the crime scene and have cordoned off the area.
    “Let’s get there before the media are all over the place,” Turner concluded, as he strode towards the door. 
    Bradley and his colleagues followed him a couple of feet behind.

CHAPTER TWO
     
    Yonkers - New York City
    Saturday - 1.30 AM
     
    “Allahu Akbar!”…  “Allahu Akbar!”…
    These were the loud shouts emitting from the highly, emotionally charged guttural voices, interrupted by the wild chatter of the formidable AK-47 firing, in the neighborhood of Yonkers.
    Through their own sources and interaction with the friendly spy agencies, the Israeli’s Mossad Katsa intelligence operatives had become aware of the Hezbollah-Jihadist cell’s plot to seize and demolish the two New York City’s Synagogues, along with hostages. 
    However, the Mossad being an extremely secretive organization, this covert Israeli intelligence agency never confides or fully discloses its investigation or course of action to even friendly agencies, unless it suits their ultimate