Israel says ‘terror network’ dismantled in West Bank

OCCUPIED JERSULAEM — Israeli forces said Monday they had arrested dozens of Hamas members in the occupied West Bank who were “preparing anti-Israeli attacks”.اضافة اعلان

The announcement came a day after a Palestinian man shot and killed an Israeli in Jerusalem’s Old City and injured three members of Israeli security foces. The assailant was shot dead.

According to Shin Bet, the leadership of Hamas abroad was behind the latest activity and claimed that Hamas “aimed at carrying out attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem, as well as bombing attacks in Israel”.

In recent weeks Israeli forces “arrested over 50 Hamas members in the West Bank who were involved in forming the terror network”, the Shin Bet said in a statement. Money, weapons, guns and bomb-making material was also seized.

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