Twenty-nine suspected Hamas operatives were arrested in an overnight raid in the West Bank on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.
The surprise operation was carried out jointly between the IDF, Border Police, Shin Bet security agency and the Israel Police.
Those arrested, some of whom are senior Hamas officials who have served sentences in Israeli prisons in the past, were taken to Shin Bet facilities for investigation. The arrests were made following suspicions of Hamas-funded and directed plans to carry out terror attacks against Israel.
Palestinian security officials said Wednesday the suspects were nabbed in and near the city of Nablus.
Wednesday’s raid was one of the biggest operations in the West Bank since the search for three kidnapped Israeli teens in Operation Brother’s Keeper last June.
