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An IDF soldier is seen operating in the West Bank, early September 8, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
Palestinian planned to attack Modiin eatery where he worked
Shin Bet says it foiled ‘significant’ terror network in West Bank, Jerusalem
By Emanuel Fabian
Over 30 Palestinian suspects detained; 5 Jerusalemites charged with slew of security offenses; IDF says troops killed Palestinian who attacked them during attempt to question him
Illustrative: A woman member of the Basij paramilitary, affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, holds her gun and an Iranian flag during a state-organized rally in support of the supreme leader marking National Girl's Day in Tehran, Iran, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 20, 2026, 1:29 pm
Israel announces exposure of Iranian terror network targeting Israelis abroad
Arrests by Azerbaijan over planned synagogue and embassy attacks exposed drone plots and intelligence gathering operations; ringleaders killed during Iran war
By Lazar Berman
The members of a Lebanon-directed West Bank terror cell foiled by the Shin Bet, as seen in a Shin Bet handout image published on February 10, 2026. (Shin Bet)
February 10, 2026, 5:31 pm
Shin Bet busts Lebanon-directed West Bank terror cells; 5 Palestinian suspects indicted
Security agency says members of the network, linked to Hamas and Hezbollah, were told to photograph Israeli settlement, underwent firearms training to prepare for planned attack
By Emanuel Fabian
An undated illustrative photo of a fighter from Israel Police's elite YAMAM counterterror unit. (Israel Police)
July 5, 2025, 10:11 pm
Security forces nab 3 terror cell members they say were planning imminent attack
2 suspects arrested inside Israel, one detained in northern West Bank; operation carried out by elite police counterterror unit, Shin Bet agents and IDF soldiers
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Israeli Police investigate an attempted stabbing attack at the entrance to Netiv Ha'asara, north of the Gaza border in southern Israel, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
November 7, 2024, 7:27 pm
Two minors from central Israel charged with planning terror attack on troops
In joint statement, Israel Police and Shin Bet say young suspects from so-called Triangle region learned about explosives, watched training videos, had radios, vests, chemicals
By ToI Staff
Undercover Israeli forces operate inside Ibn Sina hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin to kill terror operatives, January 30, 2024. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 30, 2024, 12:43 pm
IDF says it killed 3 terrorists planning Oct. 7-like attack hiding in Jenin hospital
CCTV footage shows undercover forces in fake beards or dressed as Muslim women before they killed Hamas operative, 2 PIJ members in West Bank hospital, in dramatic 10-minute raid
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
An Islamic flag found by police during the arrest of two East Jerusalem men on suspicion of planning a terror attack, published on January 22, 2024 (Police spokesperson)
January 22, 2024, 4:22 pm
Police arrest 2 East Jerusalem men said to be planning ISIS-linked attack near Knesset
Authorities say pair purchased chemicals to make bombs for attacks, in second such case this month
By ToI Staff
People stand next to a destroyed car that was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in which the IDF says it killed three members of a Palestinian terror cell near the West Bank's Balata camp, on January 17, 2024 (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
January 17, 2024, 10:25 am
Terror cell planning ‘imminent attack’ killed in West Bank drone strike, IDF says
Military says squad leader targeted in Balata camp received financing and instructions from Iran; soldier seriously wounded; another strike carried out in Tulkarem
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
File - Two suspects are led from a helicopter to a car by police officers at a helipad in Karlsruhe, Germany, December 15, 2023. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP)
December 15, 2023, 7:37 pm
Denmark widens terror probe as alleged Hamas members arrested in Germany
Danish police holding 2 in custody in terrorism investigation; Berlin says 3 arrested there suspected of planning attacks on Europe Jewish targets; no confirmed links between cases
By Jan Olson
IDF soldiers are seen operating in the West Bank on April 13, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 13, 2022, 11:01 pm
Israeli forces near Ramallah nab terror cell suspected of planning imminent attack
Troops arrest 4 Palestinians including suspect accused of killing Israeli in 2015, one man said killed in clashes during raid, amid crackdown in West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
An undated photograph showing Israeli forces arresting a suspect believed to be involved in a major Hamas cell planning terror attacks on Israeli targets in the West Bank and Jerusalem. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 22, 2021, 4:48 pm
Shin Bet: Forces thwart major Hamas terror plans, nab more than 50 cell members
West Bank cell aimed to carry out some bombings imminently; suicide attacks planned; ringleader was offered $1m. for kidnapping
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: IDF soldiers stand guard during a search in the West Bank village of Yatta, on June 15, 2016. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
October 22, 2021, 9:23 am
Members of thwarted terror cell are linked to PA security forces — report
Two suspected terrorists with ties to the Palestinian Authority are said to have planned an attack against Israelis as part of an Islamic Jihad plot
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A swastika is seen on a side wall of a former synagogue in Mommenheim, eastern France, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
June 11, 2019, 5:35 pm
France busts neo-Nazi cell over plot against Jewish, Muslim places of worship
Five members charged with terror offenses between September and May, legal source says, adding that plan was ill-defined
By AFP
File: Palestinian security forces in Hebron, November 14, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
February 26, 2019, 2:35 pm
PA said to nab Hamas-led cell that was readying to carry out attacks in Israel
Terrorists were planning bombings, Israeli TV says; PA security official won”t confirm or deny report
By Adam Rasgon
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following his teleconference with troops from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, November 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
November 22, 2018, 2:21 pm
Trump says Israel would be in ‘big trouble’ without Saudi Arabia
US president justifies maintaining normal ties with Riyadh despite murder of Khashoggi by saying it has been ‘tremendously helpful’ in region
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers seen loading Hamas flags during a patrol at Birzeit University, on the outskirts of the city of Ramallah in the West Bank during an operation on June 19, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
October 3, 2018, 1:16 pm
Shin Bet says it arrested 3 members of Hamas terror network in West Bank
Cell run by operatives in Gaza Strip alleged to have recruited engineering students at Birzeit University through Facebook to carry out attacks beyond Green Line
By Jacob Magid
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