{"id":101968,"date":"2023-02-06T17:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=101968"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T08:35:33","slug":"12-05-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=101968","title":{"rendered":"IDF thwarts Hamas cell behind attempted shooting attack near Jericho"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>IDF thwarts Hamas cell behind attempted shooting attack near Jericho<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

TZVI JOFFRE <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The aim of the raid was to break up a Hamas terrorist cell in the West Bank refugee camp of Aqabat Jaber, Jericho.
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IDF soldiers operate in the West Bank during Operation Break the Wave, February 2, 2023 \/ (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A number of Hamas terrorists were killed in an IDF raid near Jericho on Monday after a Hamas cell attempted to carry out a shooting attack at a restaurant near Jericho late last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

The attempted attack targeted a restaurant in Vered Yeriho on January 28, when two terrorists attempted to fire at a restaurant in which 30 people were present. The terrorists’ weapons jammed and the two fled back to Jericho.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Shin Bet and IDF Intelligence Directorate discovered that the two had barricaded themselves in an apartment in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp near Jericho and intended to continue conducting attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

New Hamas cell launches in Jericho area<\/b><\/h5>\n

Last week, a new terrorist cell affiliated with Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades announced its establishment in the Aqabat Jaber camp. The cell, calling itself the Aqabat Jaber battalion, has conducted armed clashes with Israeli forces operating in the Jericho area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli forces had attempted to arrest the members of the cell behind the attempted attack on Saturday, but failed to do so. A number of other suspects who are part of the Hamas cell were arrested in that raid and at least 13 Palestinians were injured in the clashes.<\/span><\/p>\n

IDF soldiers besiege the homes of Palestinian terror suspects near Jericho, in the West Bank, on February 4, 2023 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday morning, armed clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces as they entered Jericho and the Aqabat Jaber camp, with a number of Palestinians reportedly killed and at least three wounded, according to Palestinian reports. No Israeli personnel were injured in the operatio<\/span>n.<\/p>\n

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