IDF forces raided a Palestinian house in Judea and Samaria, arresting a three-man terror cell accused of plotting a shooting attack, after which troops uncovered a buried weapon.
Throughout Judea and Samaria, Israeli security units disarm, defuse, and detonate explosives hidden by terror groups to kill soldiers and civilians.
Ali Khamenei was a global terrorism mastermind, responsible for attacks like the 1983 Beirut bombing and the 1994 AMIA bombing.
IDF special forces raided the village of al-Habbariyah in southern Lebanon, capturing Atwi Atwi, a senior figure in al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya tied to attacks on Israeli troops and the recruiting of members.
Weeks after the attack that killed Samson Mordechai and Aviv Maor, IDF forces demolished the home of terrorist Ahmed Abu al-Rub in Qabatiya while conducting arrests and interrogations of other suspects.
After an 18-month manhunt, IDF soldiers killed the terrorist behind the 2024 Nablus car-ramming attack that took the lives of Sgt. Elia Hillel and Sgt. Diego Gabriel.
The terrorist was eliminated on May 16 during an Israeli counter-terror operation in the Palestinian village of Bruqin.
‘Jordan represents Israel’s strategic depth to the east, and we need to understand that,’ says Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Amit Yagur.
Israel’s security establishment believes that home demolitions bolster deterrence and prevent further terrorist activity.
For the first time, the Nahal Brigade deployed Eitan armored personnel carriers in Hebron, within the Judea Brigade’s area, alongside their operations in Samaria.
The IDF launched ‘Operation Iron Wall’ on Jan. 21 to neutralize the threat posed by Palestinian terrorist hubs in Samaria.
In a related development, Israeli troops eliminated the head of a terrorist network in the northern Samaria town of Tamun overnight Tuesday.
Since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the IDF has intensified its operations—not just in Gaza, but also in Judea and Samaria, where troops are actively dismantling terror cells and infrastructure in multiple Palestinian villages.
The overnight operation was part of ongoing counterterror efforts in the Jenin area and the broader northern Samaria region.
The IDF emphasized on Wednesday that its troops would ‘continue to act to thwart terrorism in Judea and Samaria and to bring to justice every terrorist who harms Israeli citizens and security forces.’
More broadly, in the coming months, the IDF’s strategic focus centers on the Gaza Strip and countering threats from Iran, while preserving and building on security achievements attained across various fronts.
The IDF has launched Operation Iron Wall in response to the growing threat in Jenin. With the freeing up of forces from dual ceasefires, the IDF reasoned it was the right time for a large-scale cleansing.
Since the ceasefires on both of Israel’s borders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a counterterrorism campaign to rid Judea and Samaria of weapons and terrorists.
If the IDF stays out of northern Gaza for an extended period, the results for southern Israel will likely be grim.
Iran, which has lost most of its strategic assets in the Middle East, is focused on setting Judea and Samaria ablaze with terror financing, know-how and weapons, he cautioned, while smuggling arms into the sector from Jordan.
