The Israeli public has not even been exposed to some of the counterterrorism activities taking place in Judea and Samaria.
In the absence of real drama, there is also no media interest, and in the absence of terrorist attacks and deaths, there is no drama.
In short, this is the paradox of Israeli security: Israelis take successes for granted.
Failures are treated as the end of the world.
These and these are part of the Sisyphean activity that takes place daily and especially nightly in all sectors, especially in Judea and Samaria.
It was called "mowing the lawn" after Operation Defensive Shield - a constant activity whose purpose is to cut off terrorist operatives every time, to ensure that no terrorist attacks take place.
This method, whose two main components are intelligence superiority and full operational freedom of action, has been proving itself ever since.
It is also the reason why the terror resin has been very low in recent years, and Israelis live in high security compared to the past.
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But these successes are not an insurance policy.
On the other hand, Hamas, in particular, is constantly working to carry out terrorist attacks.
Past experience shows that this activity is usually pushed from three main sources of command and funding: the organization's leadership in the Gaza Strip, its foreign headquarters sitting alternately in Turkey and Lebanon, and the security prisoners in prisons.
There is a close connection between the three, as well as a great deal of identity: Hamas in the Gaza Strip is led by Yahya Sinwar, a Shalit deal is released, and Salah Aruri, who leads the Foreign Ministry headquarters, was also released in the same deal.
They both have the same goal - to release their friends who are left behind.
No wonder, therefore, that the organization that was exposed in Samaria was aimed, among other things, at the abduction of Israelis, for bargaining purposes.
It was a relatively large-scale organization that planned to carry out gradual attacks to shock Israel.
Her size allowed her to sail in the plans, but she also had a quibble: the more secret partners there are, the more likely he is to be exposed.
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The GSS is the world champion in locating and thwarting such plans, and this time too the plot did not go unnoticed. The first arrests were made more than a week ago. At the same time, it is intended to prevent the possibility that some of the members of the organization will understand that their time is limited and will hurry to try to carry out an attack before it is arrested.
As always, such arrests are accompanied by the possibility that they will be conducted under fire.
This is part of the operational risk, so these tasks are usually assigned to higher quality and more skilled units - the HIM, HMS and Cherry.
The fact that two of the Cherry men (the force commander and another fighter) were wounded in the operation, apparently from the fire of their comrades in force, necessitates an in-depth investigation.
Such a unit, with the painful historical experience of casualties from "friendly fire," is supposed to demonstrate greater professionalism in activities that are constitutional bread.
It can be assumed that after the detention of the detainees is completed, Israel will publish their full plan.
This, as stated, included killing and kidnapping attacks.
On the face of it, the current organization seemed more serious than its predecessors, so Israel will seek to take advantage of the frustration to blacken Hamas and the double game it plays: on the one hand, hold talks on calm in Cairo and keep calm in the Gaza Strip.
It is likely that Hamas is now tickling its fingers to respond to the deaths of some of its members during the arrests in the Gaza Strip, but it has created a direct link between it and the exposed organization, and will mainly free Israel to respond in Gaza as well - probably with relative severity.
The organization understands this, and therefore called on the residents of Judea and Samaria to respond so as not to endanger Gaza.
But he brings the danger to the Strip with his own hands.
Just as the abduction of the three boys led to Operation Eitan, an attack that, God forbid, will succeed, of the kind that was thwarted yesterday, will not end in Judea and Samaria but will inevitably lead to a campaign in Gaza as well. It also prevents security deterioration that saves more lives and allows for long-term deterrence.