“We must deal with the threat just as we deal with the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza,” said Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz.
War on Terror
The targeted site was an explosives warehouse, according to official Palestinian Authority media.
The local heads of the Hamas and Fatah military wings were eliminated along with three other terrorists, according to the Israeli military.
It is high time that responsible states come to terms with the fact that modern-day terror undermines and abuses accepted humanitarian norms and standards.
Eleven men from Israel and Samaria were arrested over the plot, which also included plans to attack Ben-Gurion Airport and to kidnap soldiers.
The terrorist, well-known as a Hamas activist, had targeted two Jewish children, according to Religious Zionism Party MK and Hebron resident Orit Strook.
Cell leader Muhammad Khaled Halaila made contact with Hamas operatives in Strip, who provided him with instructions on how to manufacture explosives.
The IDF has been stepping up raids and targeting inciters, the police have prioritized readiness.
Palestinian terrorists have long used the medical center as a base to plan and carry out terror attacks, according to the IDF.
The terrorist, reportedly an Arab Israeli from Tamra in the Lower Galilee, was neutralized.