Shin Bet Busts Hamas Terror Cell in Samaria

JERUSALEM, Israel -- The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) lifted a gag order Sunday on a joint counterterrorism operation with the IDF and some police units in Kalkilya, a West Bank city under Palestinian Authority control.
 
Security forces arrested six members of a Hamas terror cell planning attacks in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria (West Bank).
 
The cell operated an explosives lab in Nablus(blblical Shechem, site of Joseph's Tomb) and had been collecting bomb-making material, including sulfur and mercury fulminate.
 
During interrogation, all six said they were recruited by Hamas operatives during a visit to Jordan and later underwent military training in the Gaza Strip. Afterward they were relocated to Kalkilya with orders to recruit more members and plan attacks in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
 
Cell members said they kept their handlers in Gaza abreast of all their activities.