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Wed 15 Mar 2023 8:51 pm - Jerusalem Time

Maariv: The army and the Shin Bet are struggling to solve the mystery of the "Lions' Den"

A translation of "Jerusalem" dot com - The Hebrew Maariv newspaper said today, Friday, that the Israeli army and the Shin Bet security service are facing difficulties in "terrorism" emanating from the northern West Bank, which has become a challenge to the security apparatus in light of the current cells Which leads it is spontaneous and not organized and framed and known.


In a report by its correspondent and military analyst, Tal Lev Ram, the newspaper referred to the large armed cell that includes hundreds of militants from Nablus , and they are the "Lions' Den", which has become a real challenge to the Israeli security services, and little is known about it.


According to the newspaper, for many years, Israel has been confronting with high success the cells framed by Hamas, Jihad, and others, and there are intelligence and technological capabilities and operational operations in the field through arrests that have been going on for years, leading to thwarting any organized cells or infrastructure that prevented hundreds of operations that were from It can be harsh.


According to her claim, these night and intelligence activities never allow the formation of new cells, or the presence of weapons or laboratories for explosive materials and others, as was the case in previous years, which were present on the eve of the "Defensive Wall" campaign, and since that operation 20 years ago, the organizations have not returned Large cells, i.e. the ability to form cells like those they had in the past.


According to the newspaper, the Shin Bet does not see that the "Defensive Wall 2" operation may lead to guaranteed operational results, and that the current activity, which is carried out as in recent years and with force in recent months, may be the practical and most effective solution to confront the new cells.


And the newspaper stresses that the recent operations, especially against settlers and soldiers in the vicinity of Nablus, reflect the great difficulty that the Shin Bet finds in confronting these cells, especially at the intelligence level.


The newspaper says that the "Black's Den" group is seen in Nablus as the new organization of the "Sons of Fath", who are young men who do not work under a religious flag or under the auspices of an organization. Even Salman Omran, who shot a vehicle and a bus, and was arrested a few days ago, is an activist. Formerly known to Hamas, and previously arrested, he is active in the same armed group that seeks to lead the new Palestinian national line, and considers itself a "new hawk against Israel."


She pointed out that at this stage in the Shin Bet, they do not know the leadership arrangement within that group, and it seems that belonging to the group takes place after the implementation of the operation, while the use of communication networks increases the popularity of that group in the Palestinian street, and the extent of the willingness of Palestinian youth to participate with them.


She points out that the nature of the confrontation in Nablus differs from Jenin, because the former is surrounded by many settlements, settlement roads, axes, and others, which leads to shooting operations against buses, vehicles, and others. Therefore, Nablus was called the "capital of terrorism" and it subsided for years, but Currently, it is much more dangerous to the stability of the region from a security point of view, compared to Jenin.


Maariv stated that there is a state of concern among the Israeli security services about the spread of the phenomenon of what is happening in Nablus to other governorates.


It indicates that this group and even the armed groups in Jenin all arose spontaneously, and were not organized, but Hamas and Jihad are trying to exploit this to ignite the field in front of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and they provide financial aid and weapons to carry out operations for these young men, although they are not inclined to the religious or national ideology of the two movements.


And it showed that the difficulty of the army and the Shin Bet in confronting these new cells is the lack of a clear address, no institutions, no organizations, and no senior wanted persons, and therefore gathering information to thwart operations becomes particularly complex.


It indicates that the Israeli army is angry at the irresponsibility of the settlers, fearing that there will be deaths among them, as happened in the shooting operation towards the march near Nablus a few days ago, and they do not understand why the demonstration was allowed near the entrance to Nablus in a completely exposed area, but the army was careful in saying that Clearly, for fear of falling into political trouble, especially with the approaching elections.

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