Israeli soldiers stand guard as Israeli settlers visit the historic center and market of the Palestinian city of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on June 28, 2025. (Credit: Hazem Bader/AFP.)
The Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security service, announced Sunday that it had dismantled a "terrorist" network of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, in a joint operation with the army and police.
It is "the largest network uncovered in the past ten years," says a Shin Bet statement, which states that 60 suspects were arrested in this operation carried out over the past three months.
"We have arrested more than 60 people, seized 22 weapons of various types, and solved the investigation of a shooting attack committed [...] 15 years ago in which four Israelis were killed," the Shin Bet specifies. Ten distinct cells comprised this network of the Islamist movement in Hebron, according to the statement, which also reveals the existence of an "underground cache" used to store combat equipment and harbor "fugitives wanted by the authorities."
Violence in the West Bank, a territory occupied by Israel since 1967, has exploded during the war in Gaza. Since Oct. 7, 2023, at least 945 Palestinians have been killed there by the Israeli army or settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. At the same time, at least 35 Israelis, including soldiers, have perished in Palestinian attacks or military operations, according to Israel.
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