In a joint overnight and Saturday morning operation, Israeli security forces arrested more than 70 wanted suspects across Judea and Samaria, the military said. The sweep included the arrest of the terrorist who carried out Friday's deadly shooting attack near the village of Tel in Samaria. Forces operated in the Samaria, Menashe, Binyamin, and Ephraim brigades, and the Duvdevan unit arrested a terrorist planning an attack in the Tulkarm area.
Israeli security forces arrested the terrorist who carried out Friday's deadly shooting attack near the village of Tel in Samaria during a sweeping overnight and Saturday morning operation across Judea and Samaria, the IDF, Shin Bet, and Israel Border Police said. The operation netted more than 70 wanted suspects, including the Friday shooter, and involved brigade-level raids in the Samaria, Menashe, Binyamin, and Ephraim sectors.
The arrest came after a sequence of operations that began at dawn. Initial reports at 07:59 Jerusalem said six suspects had been arrested and 40 interrogated in Tel village. The Palestinian Prisoners' Club later reported about 80 arrests across the West Bank, with over 40 in Tel alone. By late morning, the IDF confirmed it had mapped the homes of the two terrorists involved in Friday's attack and had detained over 70 suspects, including Hamas-affiliated individuals, arms traffickers, and those advancing explosive device plots. The Duvdevan unit also arrested a terrorist planning an attack in the Tulkarm area.
The Zioneer reported on Friday that two terrorists were arrested and four eliminated at the scene of the shooting, and that Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth vowed a major thwarting operation across Judea and Samaria. Saturday's sweep is the realization of that pledge, with forces searching hundreds of locations and confiscating weapons.
The operation is ongoing, and the mapping of the terrorists' homes in Tel village for potential demolition continues. No further details on the detained suspects' questioning have been released.
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