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Shin Bet prevents West Bank kidnap plot

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The Shin Bet security agency, in cooperation with the Israeli Police and the Israel Defence Forces, prevented a Hamas kidnapping operation in the West Bank to abduct a soldier or settler at one of the bus stops near Nablus.

Three people have been detained, all from the village of Tel.

The Shin Bet said “The Hamas command in the Gaza Strip provided guidance and financing for the planned abduction, the goal of which was to bargain for the release of security prisoners held in Israel. Cell members gathered precise intelligence on routes, hitchhiking stops and the main junctions. The plan was for cell members to disguise themselves as local Jewish residents and entice a victim to enter their vehicle.”

The Shin Bet confirmed that they seized weapons, including a pistol. In another village in the Nablus area, 40 masked Jewish settlers entered the village of Burin and threw rocks at Palestinians. They claimed it was in response to Palestinian rock-throwing at Israeli vehicles near the village. IDF troops removed the settlers form the village, no injuries were reported.

There was continued rioting on the Gaza border and in the Hebron are, albeit in smaller numbers than on previous days. According to Palestinian sources 30 were wounded in the Hebron area from tear gas and rubber bullets.