Israel arrests scores of Hamas members during raids

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the Israel occupation army have thwarted a large, transnational Hamas terrorism network that was preparing to carry out an array of attacks against Israelis, the domestic intelligence agency announced on Thursday.

In recent weeks, some 30 Hamas members have been arrested in raids led by the IDF’s Duvdevan undercover unit.

Two M-16 rifles, ammunition and bomb-making equipment were seized.

The network planned to target the Teddy soccer stadium and the light rail system in the capital, to carry out car bombings and kidnappings of Israelis in Judea and Samaria as well as overseas, the Shin Bet said.

Additional intended targets included infiltrations of Israeli communities, shooting and bombing attacks against Israeli traffic and military targets in the West Bank, and setting up terrorist cells in Jordan to carry out cross-border attacks into Israel.

The plot, uncovered in September, involved the assembly of multiple terrorist cells in the West Bank, as well as the training of Hamas members overseas.