The night (Sunday) capture of the last two terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison on New Year's Eve smoothly, without any resistance, is the best result the defense establishment could have hoped for.
The two terrorists who managed to escape from the security forces for two whole weeks were surprised and captured in a quick and accurate operation by the GSS, the IDF and the IDF.
The two terrorists captured tonight, Mandal Yaakov Anfiat and them as Mamage, managed to cross the seam area probably two or three days after the escape, but initially, the security system had certain information about only one of them, taken while crossing the seam area.
The search for the second terrorist continued for several more days in the Jezreel Valley.
Documentation: The activities of the security forces that were involved in capturing the two terrorists // Photo: IDF Spokesman
In recent days, the GSS, especially the GSS, has received information about the location of the terrorists, and the understanding has formed that they are in the Jenin area, moving, and changing hiding places frequently. It is no secret that apart from the intelligence challenge, Jenin is considered a terrorist stronghold. The police and the police were preparing for an extensive operation that would also include an exchange of fire when entering the place in order to pull the terrorists out of their hiding place.
The operation was personally commanded by the commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, Brigadier General Yaniv Alluf, while the commander of the Menashe Regional Brigade, Colonel Arik Moyal, commanded the event from the HFK on the ground. In order to "open an axis", fend off the violators and commit a kind of deception to make the terrorists instead of thinking that the target of the forces is in the refugee camp itself. For them to go out.
They were like Mamji at the time of his arrest, without credit
Mondal Anifat at the time of his arrest, without credit
The terrorists left the house unarmed, with their hands raised, and the forces on the ground report that there is a considerable surprise on their faces.
Two other Palestinians who claimed to have only lived in the building were also arrested in light of the intelligence information received that they were assisting the terrorists.
The whole incident was very short, and in less than half an hour from the moment the forces entered Jenin, they left with the two prisoners in their hands.
The IDF was very surprised by the low resistance to the entry of security forces into the Jenin terrorist stronghold, and reported explosives and stones, but unlike the early deployment, no live fire was fired at the forces, only reports of gunfire heard in space tens of meters away from the forces. Of the two brings the sad affair to a somewhat successful conclusion, after last weekend in the Jezreel Valley the four other prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison were caught on New Year's Eve, but at the strategic level the event is not over yet.
The Palestinian national feelings towards their prisoners are very strong, and therefore it is likely that had his hair fallen from the hairs of the prisoners' heads during their arrest, we might have witnessed riots and riots in the West Bank.
At the moment, the reinforcement of forces in Judea and Samaria is expected to be maintained for some time, but the defense establishment is breathing a sigh of relief in at least this sector.
IDF soldiers in Jenin, archive // Photo: IDF Spokesman,
Unsurprisingly, the eyes are on the Gaza Strip.
Last week, after the four prisoners were captured on the night between Friday and Saturday, rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip for three days in a row.
The shooting ceased after the meeting between Bennett and Egyptian President al-Sisi, but Israel does not rule out the possibility that Islamic Jihad, which has five of the six prisoners who escaped and were captured, will try to respond to their capture.
Beyond that, apart from the inconceivable failure of the Prison Service, which atoned for good work by the GSS and the police, the IDF will have to interrogate how the two terrorists managed to cross the seam area to Jenin despite the massive reinforcements in the area immediately after escaping from prison. One way or another, the defense establishment would like to put the sad affair behind, and return to concentrating on what really bothers Israel - Iran, its nuclear program and its attempts to carry out terrorist acts against the State of Israel.
