A month since the fighting began, IDF Central Command has published data today (Wednesday) from the struggle against terrorism in Judea and Samaria: some 1500 terror activists were arrested, 900 of whom were Hamas suspects, and 150 were eliminated.
The operations against refugee camps, which have become terrorist bastions throughout Judea and Samaria, involved 66 separate actions leading to the arrest of 164 suspects – the first operation in the Nur a-Shams refugee camp. The operation included arrests and harm to terror infrastructures in the refugee camps: 15 killed and 34 arrested, with one Police special forces officer (res.) killed. So far, five focused operations were launched in the Jenin refugee camp aimed at arrests and eliminating armed men, harming terrorist infrastructure, and confiscating weapons and bombs (24 terrorists were killed in total and over 50 wounded).
In seven operations throughout the Menasheh Brigade’s area, armed terrorists were struck by aircraft, 100 weapons confiscated, 42 terrorists are being processed, 786,428 NIS worth of terror money was confiscated, 3 businesses inciting for Hamas were sealed off, 8 weapons lathes were confiscated, 6 printing presses producing inciting materials for Hamas were also confiscated.
Since the beginning of the war, there have been 7 demolitions of homes belonging to Hamas terrorists, including the home of Hamas’ Deputy Political Leader, Salah al-Arouri. Since the beginning of the war, there have been over 150 Palestinians killed, over 50% carrying firearms.