Israeli Forces Conduct Widespread Raids, Arrests Across West Bank

The operation followed a shooting attack on Friday that killed two IDF soldiers, Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem. During the extensive raids, security forces arrested approximately 40 wanted individuals, including operatives affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The suspects are accused of involvement in terror activities, incitement, violent disturbances, and stone-throwing.

In the Judea Brigade sector, forces targeted Hebron and Halhul, the origin of the terrorist who killed the two soldiers, arresting about 20 suspects. Concurrently, the Etzion Brigade raided over 70 sites across more than ten villages, arresting Hamas operatives and individuals suspected of planting explosives and advancing terror activities. In the Samaria and Menashe sectors, forces destroyed monuments dedicated to terrorists who had killed Israeli civilians, and arrested two suspects linked to an attack on Israeli civilians in the village of Burin. Security forces also seized weapons, including a hunting rifle found in Silat al-Dhahr, and pledged to continue proactive operations to prevent the establishment of terror infrastructure.