In the past year, the Shin Bet thwarted 1,040 significant attacks in the Judea and Samaria region and Jerusalem, interrogated over 650 detainees from the Gaza Strip, uncovered 20 terror cells among Israeli Arabs, and 13 cases of Israelis spying for the Iranian enemy, according to the organization\u2019s annual report.<\/p>\n
Gaza Strip<\/strong><\/p>\n The activities of Shin Bet officers and fighters in the Gaza Strip led to more than 1,350 arrests in focal points, including approximately 40 members and senior commanders, about 165 affiliates to senior figures, around 45 involved in raids, and about 100 suspected of possessing information relevant to hostages.<\/p>\n Approximately 2,500 detainees from the Gaza Strip were processed, with over 650 transferred for interrogation by the Shin Bet, during which life-saving information for ground maneuvering was obtained, and hundreds of terrorist organization targets in the strip were targeted.<\/p>\n Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n Over the past year, 25 senior figures and operatives from Palestinian terrorist organizations in Lebanon, including Hamas, al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, were eliminated.<\/p>\n Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem<\/strong><\/p>\n This year, the Shin Bet thwarted 1,040 significant attacks, including 689 shootings, 326 explosive attacks, 13 stabbings, 9 vehicular attacks, 2 suicide attacks, and 1 abduction. There was a 40% drop in attacks in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem compared to the number of thwarted attempts this year.<\/p>\n In the past year, dozens of special operations by the Shin Bet, IDF, and YAMAM (Israeli SWAT unit) took place in Judea and Samaria. Of these, 10 special operations for arrest or thwarting in the field were carried out, including sensitive operations by the Shin Bet’s operational unit at hospitals in Jenin and Nablus, and a special operation in the heart of the Tulkarm refugee camp at the end of October.<\/p>\n Israel Arena<\/strong><\/p>\n Against the backdrop of the conflict, security forces managed to prevent outbreaks on the internal front. In the past year, the Shin Bet conducted hundreds of thwarting actions, uncovering 20 terror cells among Israeli Arabs planning attacks, including 5 cells plotting bomb or car bomb attacks.<\/p>\n Special Operations<\/strong><\/p>\n In the past year, the special joint team, comprising Shin Bet’s operational unit fighters and YAMAM fighters (known as “Team Tequila”), was dispatched 32 times to thwart immediate-threat attacks.<\/p>\n Since the beginning of the conflict, the Shin Bet has planned and led, in cooperation with YAMAM and the IDF, three operations to rescue live hostages. In addition, special operations were conducted for the retrieval of abductees\u2019 bodies for burial in Israel.<\/p>\n Conversation from the Shin Bet operations command center during the rescue operation of soldier Ori Magidish:<\/strong><\/p>\n