{"id":20815,"date":"2025-04-25T11:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=20815"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T08:59:04","slug":"israeli-forces-arrest-armed-terrorist-in-qalqilya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israeli-forces-arrest-armed-terrorist-in-qalqilya\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Forces Arrest Armed Terrorist in Qalqilya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a targeted counterterrorism operation early Friday morning, Israeli security forces apprehended an armed terrorist in the West Bank city of Qalqilya as he was en route to carry out an attack. The operation was conducted by the Gideonim unit of Lahav 433, in cooperation with the IDF\u2019s Ephraim Brigade and under the guidance of the Shin Bet security service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part of a Larger Cell<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to security officials, the suspect is a local operative affiliated with Islamic Jihad and was part of a cell that also included Hamas militants from Qalqilya. The arrest was made without injuries to Israeli forces, as the suspect was intercepted while advancing toward a planned terrorist operation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weapons Seized<\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing the arrest, security forces conducted searches and seized M16 assault rifles that were intended for use in the planned attack. The Shin Bet reported that several other suspects tied to the same terror cell are currently under investigation.<br \/>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-5BhbLz_3zM?si=YCYg26Rt77tyJYGs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Israeli Forces Arrest Armed Terrorist in Qalqilya | Photo: Rega News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part of a Wider Security Sweep<\/strong><br \/>\nThe arrest is part of a broader crackdown on terror networks in the West Bank. Earlier this week, Israeli forces detained 10 wanted individuals and uncovered two significant weapons caches.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20817\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/foiled-attack.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/foiled-attack.webp 1600w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/foiled-attack-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/foiled-attack-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/foiled-attack-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/foiled-attack-1536x1023.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IDF troops operating in northern Samaria | Photo: IDF Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In separate raids in the village of al-Ram (Binyamin region), troops uncovered three M16 rifles, nine Airsoft pistols, tear gas grenades, knives, ammunition, and various weapon parts. Another weapons cache was discovered in Yatta (Judea region), including an M16, a pistol, a Carlo submachine gun, a hunting rifle, and other arms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transferred for Interrogation<\/strong><br \/>\nThe suspects and the seized weapons have been transferred for interrogation and further handling by law enforcement. The IDF and Shin Bet stressed that the operations are intelligence-driven and part of ongoing efforts to thwart terrorism and illegal arms trafficking in all sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighters from the <em>Gideonim <\/em>unit of Lahav 433, in cooperation with IDF forces, apprehended an armed terrorist in Qalqilya as he was on his way to carry out an attack. The suspect was part of a terror cell that included additional Hamas operatives from the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":20816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[4775,4776,4774,4777],"class_list":["post-20815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-armed-terrorist","tag-foiled-attack","tag-gideonim-unit","tag-qalqilya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israeli Forces Arrest Armed Terrorist in Qalqilya - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israeli Forces Arrest Armed Terrorist in Qalqilya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fighters from the Gideonim unit of Lahav 433, in cooperation with IDF forces, apprehended an armed terrorist in Qalqilya as he was on his way to carry out an attack. 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