IDF commandos arrest 2 suspects in West Bank raids, one of whom planned imminent attack

By Stav Levaton

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20 May 2026, 10:03 pm

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Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel

Undercover troops from the IDF’s Duvdevan commando unit arrested two wanted Palestinians in separate operations in the West Bank within less than 12 hours, including one suspect accused of planning an imminent terror attack, the military says.

According to the IDF, one suspect was arrested in the northern West Bank town of Qabatiya. The military says he had been involved in advancing terror plots and was planning to carry out an attack in the “immediate future.”

In a separate operation, Duvdevan troops arrested another suspect in Nablus, who the IDF says was involved in “advancing terror activity.”