The Shin Bet Israel’s internal intelligence agency and the Palestinian Authority (PA) security apparatuses arrested recently dozens of Palestinian citizens affiliated with Hamas as part of their security collaboration the Hebrew news website Walla has revealed.
Walla claimed that this security cooperation frustrated several attacks that had been planned by Hamas in the West Bank and Israel.
It quoted Israeli and Palestinian security sources as saying that the latest Shin Bet-PA campaign led to the arrest of a Hamas-affiliated cell that intended to carry out attacks using guns and explosive materials against Israeli targets.
This cell is composed of five Palestinians three detained by the PA and two in Israeli jails according to the website.
In the context of this PA-Israeli cooperation the Shin Bet also arrested a group of Hamas activists that worked recently on increasing the strength and influence of their Movement in the West Bank Walla claimed further.
About 100 groups from Hamas accused of plotting to target Israelis were arrested in the West Bank by the PA and Israel during 2016 the website noted.
