Jordan said Tuesday that it had arrested 16 people linked to the Muslim Brotherhood who were trained and financed in Lebanon and had plotted attacks on targets inside the kingdom involving rockets and drones.

Authorities said at least one rocket was ready to be launched as part of an operation that had been under surveillance by security forces since 2021.

A security source said the suspects were connected to the Muslim Brotherhood, a Hamas ally and Jordan’s largest opposition group, while the head of the cell who trained some of its members was based in Lebanon.

Hamas and the Brotherhood have been accused of fomenting anti-government street protests in Jordan amid the war in Gaza, which was sparked when thousands of terrorists stormed southern Israel on October 7, 2023, to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. The US-backed Hashemite Kingdom has a significant Palestinian population.

In a statement released on social media, Jordan’s General Intelligence Department said the kingdom’s........

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