Cell planning attack in northern Samaria foiled; ten militants arrested in the village of Araba

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Security forces arrested ten militants in the village of Araba in northern Samaria, on suspicion that they were planning an attack against Israeli civilians. The IDF said the arrests were carried out within about half an hour, in ten buildings simultaneously, under intelligence guidance from the Shin Bet. According to the IDF, the detainees acted to organize a terror infrastructure in order to carry out the attack.

The militants were arrested as part of an arrest operation in the Menashe Brigade. According to an IDF statement, the detainees were transferred for further interrogation. The detainees are identified with Islamic Jihad, according to the night operation carried out in northern Samaria.

The foiling is the third in recent weeks of terror attacks in the Jenin area, and the arrest joins a broad series of foiling operations by the Menashe Brigade and the Shin Bet over the past two months. Dagan said: "We are one people. Our answer to those who seek our harm is deepening our roots: building more and more new communities in northern Samaria."