Over 80 individuals, including 63 activists from the Hamas terrorist organization, were arrested last night (Wednesday) in Judea and Samaria. This was announced by the IDF today. According to the army's statement, during the night, the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operated extensively against the Hamas terrorist organization throughout Judea and Samaria, with the activists being apprehended following a wide-scale operation aimed at countering terrorism and seizing combat equipment.
It was also reported that the forces demolished the home of a terrorist from the Hamas terrorist organization in the village of Qibya and arrested numerous wanted individuals in the Nour a-Shams refugee camp.
Documentation of the demolition of the terrorist's house:
"Many units of the IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police operated in numerous locations throughout the Judea and Samaria Division to thwart terrorist activity last night. They arrested over 80 wanted individuals suspected of involvement in terrorist activity and possessing various means of combat. 63 of them are active members of the Hamas terrorist organization," it was reported.
Furthermore, security forces operated in a concerted operation to counter terrorism in the Nour a-Shams refugee camp within the Menashe Division overnight. Thus far, they have apprehended five wanted individuals, and they are currently continuing their operations in the refugee camp to quell terrorism.
Simultaneously, it was reported that security forces operated in the village of Qibya in Ephraim to demolish the house of the terrorist Ahmadiasin Gidan, who is associated with the Hamas terrorist organization and carried out the shooting attack near Kdumim in which Staff Sergeant Shilo Yosef Amir, may he rest in peace, was killed. During the operation, suspects threw stones at the forces, who responded by using means to disperse the protests.
Widespread disturbances in Judea and Samaria
Furthermore, it is reported that as the forces moved to demolish the house, a violent disturbance broke out in the village of Budrus, in which about 20 suspects hurled Molotov cocktails and objects at the forces. Additionally, the suspects barricaded roads using dumpsters and burning tires, prompting the forces to respond with gunfire, resulting in an injury.
In total, since the beginning of the war, 524 suspects have been arrested throughout the Judea and Samaria Division and the Jordan Valley Division, with over 330 of them affiliated with the Hamas terrorist organization. Over 50 combat means have been confiscated so far.