Soldiers find NIS 62,000 in cash for Hamas in Bethlehem raid
Overnight operation in Bethlehem refugee camp also turns up cache of knives, observation equipment
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Illustrative: IDF soldiers stand guard in the West Bank, June 15, 2014. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
IDF forces found knives and cash in an early Friday raid in a refugee camp in Bethlehem which the army said were intended for use by Hamas to carry out terror attacks.
The raid in the Al-Ayda refugee camp was carried out by the Kfir infantry brigade and Homefront Command forces.
Some 62,000 shekels (about $16,000) in cash were found and transferred to the Israel Police.
A large cache of knives, along with observation equipment.
In separate operations, three Hamas members were arrested throughout the West Bank overnight Thursday.
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