Five Teenagers Arrested in West Bank for Alleged Terror Militia
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Israeli forces arrested five 15-year-old Palestinians in the West Bank village of Sa'ir on suspicion of forming a terror militia called "Sa'ir Battalions." The group allegedly targeted Israeli vehicles and communities with firebombs and stones. In separate incidents, police seized weapons and cash from a home and arrested a suspect who allegedly tried to run over officers with a stolen car.
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- Five 15-year-old Palestinians were arrested in Sa'ir for allegedly forming a terror militia.
- The "Sa'ir Battalions" allegedly targeted Israeli vehicles and communities.
- The arrests followed intelligence gathering and a joint police-Shin Bet investigation.
- Weapons and cash were seized from a separate location in Beit Aula.
- Another suspect was arrested for allegedly attempting to run over police officers.
Five 15-year-old Palestinian boys were arrested in the village of Sa'ir in the West Bank on suspicion of establishing a terror militia named "Sa'ir Battalions." The arrests followed intelligence gathering indicating the youths formed a military-style unit that targeted Israeli vehicles and communities. According to suspicions, the group engaged in activities such as throwing firebombs, hurling stones, and setting brush fires near settlements with the intent of spreading flames towards them. The investigation was a joint effort by the Israeli Police's Judea and Samaria District and the Shin Bet security agency.
During the operation, forces from the "Arrow of Judea" unit, supported by the Shin Bet and the IDF's Etzion Brigade, raided the village and apprehended the five suspects. Police also attribute incitement to violence, tearing down Israeli flags, and attacking roads and settlements with stones and firebombs to the group. The suspects were taken for interrogation at the "Arrow" unit and the Hebron station, with police intending to seek extensions of their detention in court.
In a separate operation in the village of Beit Aula, the "Arrow of Judea" unit seized two handguns, dozens of 9mm bullets, fireworks, and tens of thousands of shekels from the home of a man in his 60s. He was arrested and taken for questioning. Additionally, police arrested another suspect who allegedly attempted to run over officers with a stolen vehicle near Gush Junction over the weekend. The suspect, driving a car stolen near Kiryat Malachi, breached police barriers and rammed patrol cars before his vehicle was stopped by spike strips. He then fled on foot towards a nearby Palestinian village but was apprehended later that morning at the Terqumiya crossing and taken for interrogation at the Etzion station.
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