JERUSALEM 

The spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has announced that the country's internal security service has detained six Arab citizens whom they accused of supporting Daesh.

Ofir Gendelman said via Twitter: “SHABAK detained six Bedouin citizens from Negev who support Daesh, four of whom work as teachers. Some of them planned to travel to Syria in order to join Daesh’s ranks.”

Gendelman did not specify the time of their detainment or their ages.

The Negev desert is located in southern Israel.