WATCH: IDF arrests 75 terror suspects in Judea and Samaria

Overnight (Wednesday/Thursday), the IDF arrested around 75 terrorists and confiscated around 17 long rifles during anti-terror operations in Judea and Samaria.

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Here is the full statement:

During the week, security forces operated to thwart terrorism throughout Judea and Samaria, arrested about 75 wanted individuals and confiscated 17 weapons.

As part of the operation in northern Samaria, forces operated during the night in Al-Yamun in the Menashe Brigade area, arrested four wanted individuals and confiscated two M-16 weapons.

In Hebron in the Judea Brigade area, forces arrested two wanted individuals during the night and confiscated two M-16 weapons, and in Immatin in the Ephraim Brigade area, they confiscated tens of thousands of shekels of terrorism funds.

Security forces operated during the week in an operation in Jericho in the Jordan Valley and Valleys Brigade area, arrested several wanted individuals and questioned dozens of suspects in terrorist activities. The arrested wanted individuals and confiscated weapons were transferred for further handling by the security forces.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel had seized a number of plans by Hamas to raid settlements and towns both inside Judea and Samaria and along the border.

Israel began operations to clear out terrorists and destroy terrorist infrastructure in Jenin a month ago, in an operation entitled Iron Wall. The operation has since been expanded to include the areas around Jenin and Tulkarm.

Defense Minister Katz said that the operation is meant to serve as a model for the entirety of Judea and Samaria. He also said that Israel had learned its lessons from fighting in Gaza and elsewhere, and that it is now moving from a policy of "mowing the grass" and merely weakening terrorist organizations to entirely destroying them. He also said that he has instructed the IDF to prepare for a long stay in areas where terrorists had been cleared out.