The Shin Bet security service says it has broken up a Hamas cell in the West Bank that was plotting to carry out shootings and suicide attacks in Haifa, Jerusalem and other parts of Israel.
The agency didn’t specify the exact timing of the sting, carried out in conjunction with the police and IDF, saying only that it occurred in recent months.
An improvised bomb seized by the Shin Bet as part of a successful operation to smash a Hamas terror ring in the West Bank, announced on December 22, 2016 (Shin Bet)
The Shin Bet says it arrested over 20 Hamas operatives from across the West Bank, many of whom had previously spent time in Israeli prison on terrorism charges.
It says that the suspects set up a lab in Nablus between May and August 2016, producing nearly 15 pounds of TATP explosives intended for suicide bombings in Jerusalem, Haifa and bus stations across the country.
The cell also obtained M-16 rifles for attacks on Israeli civilians, and enlisted four suicide bombers.
— Ilan Ben Zion
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