An investigation by Israeli intelligence revealed that Mohamed Merah,
the gunmen responsible for last week's Toulouse shootings, spent time
in Israel and Palestinian territories over a year and a half ago.
According to the Shin Bet, Merah entered Israel after crossing the
Allenby Bridge from Jordan in September 2010 where the Shin Bet
investigated him without finding any suspicious information. Merah
was allowed to enter the country. Merah stayed in Israel for a total
of three days, during which it is unknown whether he was involved in
any terror-related activity. Furthermore, Merah visited Israel before
his stay in Afghanistan or Pakistan, thus there was no information
that could indicate whether or not he constituted a security threat.
