The IDF’s West Bank division and the Civil Administration conducted a joint operation with the Shin Bet, Israel Prison Service, and the Border Police to ensure that there would be no celebratory gatherings for the prisoners who are being released on Saturday as part of the hostage, ceasefire agreement, the IDF announced in a joint Saturday statement.
On Thursday, violent riots erupted in the Binyamin Brigade region, where rioters threw Molotov cocktails and stones at Israeli security forces. The troops responded with warning shots, and the rioters dispersed.
The IDF said that they will “maintain zero tolerance for disturbances and expressions of support for Hamas.”
Celebratory gatherings for release of terrorists
Zakaria Zubeidi, a former commander of the Fatah-aligned Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Jenin, received a hero’s welcome in Ramallah on Thursday night after he was released with 109 other Palestinian prisoners as part of phase one of Israel’s ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
And on Tuesdsay night, Israel Police arrested 12 suspects in the Binyamina area of the West Bank, north of Jerusalem, after they displayed their support for the Hamas terror organization with flags and cheered for the release of a recently released terrorist, the Israel Police said Wednesday.
Footage of the displays went viral on social media, showing the suspects participating in a celebration, waving Hamas flags, and firing weapons into the air.
During the joint operation with Border Police and the IDF, they searched through the suspects’ belongings and found Hamas flags, banners, fireworks, guns, money and more. Their vehicle was also confiscated by the security forces.
The suspects were brought into the Jerusalem District Police’s Serious Crimes Unit for further questioning.
Who are the terrorists that were released?
Israel handed over the list of terrorists that were released on Saturday to Hamas on Friday night.
Among these terrorists, 150 were released to Gaza. Seven of the 150 were serving life sentences and were deported to Gaza, while the rest of the 150 were originally from there. According to the report, the Gazans were arrested after October 7 during IDF ground operations in Gaza.
Thirty-two will be released in the West Bank, and one terrorist, an Egyptian, will be sent to Egypt.
Among the list of terrorists that will be released are Shadi Amori, who took part in planning the bus bomb attack at the Megiddo Junction in 2002, killing 17 people; Ashraf Abu Sarur, who killed Sgt. Shahar Vekret, an IDF soldier, near Rachel’s tomb in 2000; and Ahmed Aslam, a Fatah terrorist who killed a couple, Avi and Avital Wolanski, in 2002.
Shadi Amori was one of the planners behind the bombing attack on June 5, 2002, when a Palestinian suicide bomber drove up to the 830 Egged bus that was traveling from Tel Aviv to Tiberias on Highway 65, and at 7:15 a.m., the bomb detonated in the car next to the fuel tank of the bus, causing a huge explosion.
The terrorist attack killed 13 soldiers and four civilians.
On November 10, 2000, during the Second Intifada, Ashraf Abu Sarur shot and killed Sgt. Shahar Vekret near Rachel’s Tomb at the entrance of Bethlehem.
On August 5, 2002, Ahmed Aslam opened fire at a car that was traveling on the Ramallah-Nablus road near Eli in the West Bank, killing Avi Wolanski and his wife Avital, and also wounding one of their children, who was three at the time of the attack.
A terrorist cell that was associated with Arafat’s Fatah movement, Martyrs of the Palestinian Popular Army, claimed responsibility for the attack.
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