IDF soldiers thwart terror attack in Nablus

Undercover operators arrested a terrorist who had planned to carry out an attack.

JNS Staff

(JNS)

Undercover soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces’ elite Duvdevan unit arrested a terrorist with concrete attack plans during an overnight raid in the Nablus (Shechem) area of Samaria on Wednesday.

During the operation in the Askar Camp on the outskirts of Nablus, IDF soldiers, guided by Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) intelligence, entered undercover, searched buildings and arrested the terrorist, the military said.

The terrorist was transferred for “further handling” by security forces.

On Tuesday, during a daring daylight raid in Ramallah, Israeli security forces captured a Palestinian terrorist wanted in connection with several shooting attacks against civilians and soldiers.

The suspect was shot in the leg when he resisted arrest in the Arab city’s busy wholesale market. No injuries were reported among the forces participating in the arrest.

On Oct. 21, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir warned senior officers that terrorist elements could try to disturb the “stabilization processes” in the Middle East, particularly in Judea and Samaria.

The region is “in a period of significant change, which could bring new developments, and we must be prepared for all scenarios,” Zamir said during a visit to Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem.

Palestinian terrorists targeted Israeli Jews in Judea and Samaria at least 6,343 times last year, according to figures published by the Rescuers Without Borders (Hatzalah Judea and Samaria) NGO on Feb. 17.

Twenty-seven Israelis were murdered in Judea and Samaria in 2024, and more than 300 others were wounded, the group said in its annual report.

Image: Israel Defense Forces soldiers operate in Nablus (Shechem) in central Samaria, April 8, 2025. Credit: IDF.