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Israeli security forces detained a number of individuals in Judea and Samaria on Monday based on evidence linking them to terrorism and other crimes.

Israeli forces on Monday night carried out counter-terrorism operations throughout Judea and Samaria during which they arrested 22 Arabs.

The suspects were taken for questioning related to their involvement in terrorist activities and violent disturbances against civilians and security forces.

The forces also searched for weapons in the Ephraim Region and seized a Carlo submachine gun.

While Arab communities in Judea and Samaria are ostensibly governed by the Palestinian Authority, the Gaza-based Hamas terror organization has made inroads as of late in the area, attempting to set up cells to perpetrate attacks on Israeli civilians.

Such attacks have taken their toll on Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, with Palestinians using drive-by shootings, car-rammings, and stabbings to murder Israelis in public locations like bus stops and ride-sharing posts.

Last year, Israel-American activist Ari Fuld was stabbed to death at a commercial complex where Jews and Arabs shop and work alongside one another. After Fuld was stabbed in the back, he chased down his assailant, removed his firearm from his waist, and released several rounds before collapsing. Fuld later succumbed to his wounds, leaving a grieving wife and four children behind.

In a related development, according to a report in the Hebrew-language daily Yediot Aharonot, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to construct an international field hospital at the Erez Crossing to treat Arabs living under the rule of Hamas.

This news follows a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, signed Thursday.

The Erez Crossing is the entry and exit point between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Yediot Aharonot reported that the hospital will have 16 departments and be managed by an international medical team. Private organizations from America will provide the funding.

A liaison between Israel and the Palestinians told World Israel News, under the condition of anonymity, that if the hospital and its caregivers are under international auspices, it has the potential to operate successfully. However, should Hamas recognize that Israel is involved, the efforts will be worthless.

This is not the first time that a field hospital has been established at the Erez Crossing

In 2014, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened a field hospital at the Erez Crossing to help sick and injured Palestinians from Gaza following media reports that Israel’s Operation Protective Edge defensive war had caused shortages of medical care for those living in the region.

The IDF Spokesman’s office reported at the time that many Gazans refused medical care from this hospital due to concerns that Hamas would suspect they were cooperating with its enemy.

Additionally, while this field hospital was operative, Hamas fired 10 mortar shells at it.

Since 1995, there has been cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority to provide medical treatment in Israeli hospitals to Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria.

(World Israel News)

Read more at: worldisraelnews.com

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