From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Over 60 PFLP operatives arrested in West Bank and Lebanon, IDF and Shin Bet say
Over 60 operatives from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organization have been arrested in counterterror operations in the West Bank and Lebanon, the IDF and Shin Bet announce in a joint statement.
Among those arrested in the West Bank was the head of the Women’s Committees Association of the PFLP, Abla Sa’adat, the wife of PFLP head Ahmad Sa’adat who has been jailed in Israel since 2006. In addition, Tahrir Badran Gaber, an activist from Ramallah was also detained, officials say.
The Women’s Committees Association of the PFLP has been declared to be a terror organization by Israel.
The IDF and Shin Bet say key figures who served as the heads of the PFLP in the West Bank were also arrested, in addition to terrorists who operated in the field for the organization.
The statement says that students at West Bank universities who were active members of PFLP cells at the educational institutions were also detained.
Offices and businesses were raided and closed down by troops, including a printing press that produced inflammatory materials for the PFLP.
The statement also says that the military has been acting against the terror group in Lebanon since the killing of the PFLP commander in Lebanon at the end of September. According to the military and Shin Bet, Nidal Abd al-Aal was involved in planning and advancing terror attacks in the West Bank.
