Israeli security services announced Thursday that indictments have been filed in recent days against several operatives of the 'Union of Health Committees,' an institution declared a terrorist organization in 2021 for serving as a key financial arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The arrests were carried out in a joint Shin Bet, Israel Police, and IDF operation over recent weeks. The institution was linked to the 2019 bombing attack in which teenager Rina Shnerb was killed.
At 17:27 Jerusalem on Thursday, Israeli security services announced that indictments have been filed in recent days against operatives of the Union of Health Committees, a PFLP-linked institution declared a terrorist organization in 2021. The development builds on arrests reported earlier in the day.
The Zioneer first reported at 16:02 Jerusalem that senior PFLP financial officials had been arrested in a joint Shin Bet, Israel Police, and IDF operation. Within a short time, the institution targeted was identified as the Union of Health Committees. Subsequent updates confirmed that the organization had resumed operations from its Ramallah center and that indictments had been filed against some of those arrested. The operation was linked to the 2019 bombing at the Ein Bubin spring that killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb.
The Union of Health Committees was designated a terrorist organization by Israel's defense minister in 2021 for serving as a central financial mechanism for the PFLP. As The Zioneer reported, the arrests targeted senior figures managing the network.
Additional indictments are expected in the coming weeks, according to security sources.
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