<p class="content-excerpt">Tasks included exposing the identity of Shin Bet agents and gathering intelligence on sites in Israel</p> <div class="components"> <p>Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency revealed on Thursday it arrested a Palestinian from Gaza last month accused of gathering intelligence for Hamas while using a work permit.&nbsp;</p> <p>In November 2022, Sabar Mahmoud Yosef Abu Thabat, 28, a resident of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, was arrested for questioning at<a class="link" title="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1670141361-israel-evacuating-karni-crossing-to-complete-gaza-barrier" href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1670141361-israel-evacuating-karni-crossing-to-complete-gaza-barrier" _mce_href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1670141361-israel-evacuating-karni-crossing-to-complete-gaza-barrier">&nbsp;Erez crossing</a>&nbsp;while trying to enter Israel.&nbsp;</p> <div class="taboola-wrapper"> <div class=" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_ab_mid-article-thumbnails_abp-mode "></div> </div> <p>The Shin Bet investigation found that officials from the Hamas militant group were using him for the purpose of gathering intelligence and carrying out missions in Israel. The tasks Hamas asked him to perform included exposing the identity of Shin Bet agents and gathering intelligence on sites in Israel.</p> </div>