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| More than 70 terror cells busted in last 2 months, Netanyahu says |
| 2017-09-11 |
| [IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that dozens of terror plots were stopped in the past two months by the Shin Bet domestic security service. "In July and August, the Shin Bet thwarted over 70 terrorist cells that were planning attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians," Netanyahu said before the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem. "Israeli civilians don’t know everything that the Shin Bet does." He did not elaborate on the nature of the attacks or how many arrests were made. The Shin Bet confirmed the number but declined to offer details. The security service regularly makes announcements of arrests and foiled terror plots in Israel and the West Bank, though it often waits until charges are filed to confirm arrests. Last week the agency said in its monthly report that it had recorded 110 terror attacks in August compared to 222 the previous month, when tensions around the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem generated a major spike in incidents. The decrease brought the number of attacks back to a level similar to before the July conflagration, which resulted in the highest number of incidents in any month since December 2015. From January 2016 onward, Israel saw an average of 121 attacks against its citizens per month. |
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