50 detainees, weapons seizures and contact equipment • Together with the IDF and the police, the GSS prevented serious terrorist attacks planned by the terrorist operatives responsible for the murder of the late Rene Schnav • Senior GSS official: "thwarted attacks in the immediate time"

• The captured weapons // Photo: GSS communications

In the combined activities of the Shin Bet, the IDF and the Israeli police in recent months, widespread infrastructure of the activists of the Popular Front terrorist organization was exposed, the publication said Wednesday. The operatives of the organization are responsible, among other things, for carrying out the bomb attack in Ein Bobin, in which the late Rene Scherban was murdered and her father and brother were injured.

As part of the investigation, it was discovered that the infrastructure carried out further shooting attacks and planned to carry out further significant attacks in the near future. Approximately 50 activists, including senior officials in the Judea and Samaria Headquarters, were arrested and interrogated by the ISA. Many weapons were also seized by the ISA and were closed as a result of the ISA interrogations.

Among the detainees involved in the terror attack in Ein Bobin - the head of the summer, Ramallah, 44, a resident of Ramallah, who had been in prison in the past on the background of involvement in military activity by the Popular Front. Arabid recruited the squad members, built and operated the charge in the attack on Ein Bubin. Along with him, activists Yazan Megams, 24, from Bir Zeit, who was also involved in other attacks, were arrested and 25-year-old Kassam Shibli from the village of Kover, who carried out further shooting attacks.

The captured weapons // Photo: GSS communications

The ISA investigations in the case received information that led to the detection and seizure of many and deadly weapons belonging to the terrorist infrastructure of the ONA, including: Ruby M-16, Ruby Klashnikov, Rifle Galilee, Rifle Carbine, Mini Uzi improvisers, pistols, silencer, Many fertilizers are used to build cargoes, explosives, iron bullets for cargo, and ammunition of all kinds. In addition, walkie-talkies, telescopic intentions and a portable battery for charger operation were detected.

A large part of the weapons were seized in joint activity with the IDF and the Israeli police, among others, in the apartment of the relative of the head of the Arabid squad.

While interrogating the members of the GSS squad, the detainees detailed their preparations for the attack and the manner in which they were deployed. According to their testimony, the squad members began gathering intelligence for the attack in Ein Bobin a few weeks before its execution, when on various occasions they arrived in the spring area to plan the outline. After the plan of action was presented to Arabid and received its approval.

The ISA adds that on the night before the attack, the squad members reached a mountainous area north of Ein Bubin Spring, armed with guns and an explosive device. Arabid left the other two operatives in the area along with the cargo and drove back to Ramallah to leave the vehicle at a distant point.

About an hour later, Walid Hanatasha, a commander at the headquarters who financed the attack, returned Arabid to where the squad members were waiting and left. The squad members walked for about two hours in the direction of the spring and when they arrived at the site, they placed the baggage near the access axis and went up to a spot overlooking the place.

After several hours of waiting, during which Barghouti was in charge of the observation, members of the squad noticed the Narav family approaching a spot. After directing Barghouti, Arabid activated the powerful charge towards the family.

After the explosion, the members of the squad escaped to Ramallah and when they arrived in the city, they split.

The captured weapons // Photo: GSS communications

Shin Bet investigations revealed additional terrorist activities carried out by members of the Shaza, including the shooting attack on an Israeli bus near the Ofra settlement in December 2017 and the shooting attack on an Israeli vehicle near the Ariel settlement in March 2019, which ended without casualties.

One of the detainees, 21-year-old Nazam Muhammad from Bir Zeit, was actually involved in this attack and other shooting attacks.

The investigations revealed that senior terrorist operatives were headed by senior terrorist operatives, who instructed the squad to carry out various terrorist attacks, including: Walid Hanatasha, who served as the head of the military front of the Popular Front, Ara-Razak Praj who authorized the terror attack in Ein Bubin, Khaleda Jarar The 56-year-old, who heads the organization and Ehraf Hagag who is responsible for the clandestine activities, are all residents of Ramallah.

During the investigation, searches were carried out in the office used by the organization's activists in Ramallah and a great deal of intelligence was gathered that indicated his activity in recent years. Also, many materials of the organization's activity in the Ramallah district were identified.

Serious indictments were filed against a large number of infrastructure members. Further indictments will be filed later.

The detainees in the affair // Photo: GSS communications

Shin Bet official: "Intelligence decryption and strenuous investigation have thwarted attacks in the immediate time. Without a quick reach of the squads on the ground, the attacks planned by the infrastructure would have taken place and would have taken many lives. The ISA investigation revealed the immediate and immediate danger posed by the activities of the Popular Front organization, as well as the security risk from the IDF activities leading to military operations in the field. The large number of weapons seized and the information received in the ISA interrogations of the infrastructure members illustrate the infrastructure danger and the high level of preparedness for the expenditure of further serious attacks in the near future, which were prevented by the counterterrorism activity. "