IDF soldiers and Israel Police Counterterrorism Unit (YAMAM) officers on Saturday arrested five terrorists planning a terror attack in the Barta'a area near Jenin, the military, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and Israel Police said in a Sunday joint statement.
The five were part of a larger terror cell operating in the area that was apprehended by Israeli security forces.
Security forces launch West Bank counterterrorism operation
The IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police officers began conducting a “broad counterterrorism operation” in the northern West Bank, a joint IDF-Shin Bet statement said on Wednesday morning.
“The IDF and Shin Bet will not allow terrorism to take root in the area and are acting proactively to thwart it,” the agencies stated.
The announcement follows days of heightened Israeli security activity in the West Bank, particularly in the northern area.
Sam Halpern and Fraidy Moser contributed to this article.