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Nablus
The Main Infrastructure of Palestinian Terrorism
   
     
    Table of Content
   
1. Abstract
   
2. The Terrorist Infrastructure in Nablus
   
3. Appendix A - The Terrorist Infrastructure in Nablus Operation "Defensive Wall" Findings
   
4. Appendix B - Photos of Arms found by the IDF in Nablus
   
5. Appendix C - Outstanding Explosives Laboratories/Arms Production Facilities Found in Nablus
   
6. Appendix D - Main Sites Where Arms Were Found
   
7. Appendix E - Major Terrorist Attacks that Originated in the Nablus Terrorist Infrastructure
   
8. Appendix F - Confession from the Interrogation of Salim Hija, Senior West Bank Hamas Activist
   
9. Appendix G - Notorious Terrorists from the Nablus Infrastructure
 
     
   
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    Abstract
     
  1. Nablus constituted the main Palestinian terrorism infrastructure and the headquarters of the terrorist organizations' leaderships in the West Bank. This infrastructure directed and executed suicide attacks in which scores of Israeli citizens were killed and over 400 were wounded. The terrorism operational centers in Nablus instructed terrorist squads in the Jenin, Tulkarm, Qalqilya, and Ramallah areas to perpetrate terror attacks in the West Bank and inside Israel.
     
  2. The operational cooperation between the various terror organizations in Nablus resulted in murderous terror attacks, which were jointly carried out by the planners of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Jenin, the Hamas explosives laboratories in Nablus, and Fatah/Tanzim suicide bombers.
     
  3. During Operation Defensive Wall and in previous IDF activities, 18 explosives laboratories, 10 explosive belts, and hundreds of kilos of explosives (some standard high power explosives) were found in Nablus. In addition, 7 Qassam rockets and their production labs were found. Most of the labs and the arms caches were found in the Balata refugee camp (RC) and in the Casbah (the old city) of Nablus. Tunnels were also discovered in the Casbah used for hiding and smuggling arms. Arms caches and wanted terrorists were also found in the homes of the mayor of Nablus and the commander of the Palestinian Police, which attests to the direct involvement of Palestinian Authority (PA) officials in terrorist activities in the Nablus area.
     
  4. The continuous IDF activities in the Nablus area, especially Operation Defensive Wall, significantly damaged the Hamas and Fatah terror infrastructure. Nevertheless, the activists who escaped from Nablus will attempt to return and execute terror attacks as revenge for the IDF operation, and in order to prove that Israel did not manage to eliminate terrorism
     
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