Extensive infrastructure of the Hamas terrorist organization that planned terrorist attacks has been exposed in Judea and Samaria. As part of the raid on Hamas infrastructure, more than 50 Hamas operatives have been arrested in recent weeks, as well as weapons and materials for making four explosive belts.
An operation carried out in cooperation with the GSS, the IDF and the police revealed a terrorist organization directed by senior Hamas figures abroad. In the construction of the infrastructure, funds, weapons, weapons and equipment for making explosives were seized.
The activity was funded and managed by senior Hamas figures, led by Saleh Aruri, deputy chairman of the Hamas movement and head of the West Bank – a body located abroad that works to motivate Hamas activity in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem.
Along with Aruri, there are other deportees, one of the most prominent of whom is Zakaria Najib, originally a resident of East Jerusalem, one of the kidnappers of the late soldier Nachshon Waxman, who was released in the Shalit deal and works to promote Hamas activity in Judea and Samaria. In Israeli personalities, Zakaria was identified as one of the key people involved in the effort to establish this terrorist infrastructure.
Hundreds of thousands of shekels for recruiting terrorists
Activists from Ramallah, Hebron and Jenin were recruited for the infrastructure, with one of the main activists being Hijazi Qawasmeh. This is a 37-year-old Hamas operative from Hebron, who has been arrested several times in the past for operating in Hamas and planning terrorist attacks. Hijazi is a member of a family of prominent Hamas operatives, including Mahmoud Qawasmeh, who was deported to the Gaza Shalit deal and works from there to motivate Hamas activities in Judea and Samaria.
In order to promote the attack, Hijazi met with senior members of the headquarters abroad and was instructed to carry out the attacks. Hundreds of thousands of shekels were later handed over to him to motivate the activity.
Hamza, who has been arrested several times in the past for involvement in Hamas activities and planning terrorist attacks, also joined the effort to establish a terrorist infrastructure and recruited, among others, his brother Ahmad Zahran and other brothers and family members. These acted using the funds they received from abroad, to obtain weapons and manufacture explosives that were seized during the activity to thwart the infrastructure.
It is worth noting that on September 26, during the operation in the village in his hand to thwart the infrastructure, Ahmad Zahran was killed along with two other activists who worked with him, during an exchange of fire with the security forces.
The investigation of the GSS operatives led to activity in the field, in which many weapons of the infrastructure were seized. Among other things, an amount of explosives suitable for the construction of 4-3 explosive belts was seized.
As part of the series of arrests, Muhammad Abu al-Hassan, a Hamas operative from Burkin, and Aa Ghani Khadur, a Hamas operative from Beit Sira, were identified as the main figures involved in the production of the explosives.
Hamas operatives from abroad and from Gaza continue their efforts to recruit residents from Judea and Samaria for terrorist activity. These efforts include an ongoing flow of funding for diversified terrorist activities. One of the most prominent involved is Musa Dudin, a Shalit deportation from the Yatir area, an associate and right-hand man of Saleh Aruri, who is involved in bringing in terrorist money through Hamas emissaries in Judea and Samaria, an activity that recently led to thwarting terrorist infrastructure in the Hebron area.
A senior GSS source said that “this is a premature, extensive and significant thwarting of a dangerous terrorist infrastructure that has planned a series of serious attacks. The purpose of the intensified terrorist activity of Hamas operatives abroad and in Gaza against the operatives in the Judea and Samaria territories is to destabilize the area, while imposing a heavy price on the local residents. “
The same operation involved operational battalions in Judea and Samaria and special units that used a variety of means to thwart the infrastructure. As part of the forces’ activities, fighters from elite units, including the Cherry unit, thwarted and arrested a large number of activists while demonstrating initiative, courage, cunning and professionalism.
“You have carried out your mission well,” said Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Aviv Kochavi, in a conversation with commanders in the commando brigade. You, the warriors – you do not know how many families you have prevented great sorrow. I trust you in training, routine and operational activities. “