Israeli Forces Seize Rocket Cache in West Bank Near Ramallah

In a major counterterrorism operation overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, Israeli security forces uncovered and seized a large rocket cache in Beitunia, near Ramallah in the West Bank. The raid was led by the IDF’s Binyamin Brigade, in coordination with Border Police and Shin Bet intelligence services.

Fifteen rockets in various stages of production were discovered, alongside a trove of explosives, firearms, and other weapons. The operation followed intelligence gathered from a Shin Bet investigation into a terror cell that was arrested last week in Ramallah. The cache located this week was directly linked to that same cell, according to an IDF spokesperson.

Security officials say the facility was being used for rocket manufacturing, marking one of the most serious finds of its kind in the West Bank in recent months. Border Police demolition experts were deployed to safely dismantle the explosives and weapons found at the scene.

“This was not just a weapons depot it was a working lab for building terror capabilities inside the heart of Judea and Samaria,” an IDF source confirmed.

The discovery underscores growing concerns that terror groups are attempting to replicate Gaza-style weapons production inside the West Bank, a region where Israel typically faces threats from small arms and explosives not large-scale rockets. This escalation highlights the continued need for preemptive intelligence operations and close cooperation between military and internal security units.

Israel’s defense establishment remains alert to the evolving tactics of hostile elements and is intensifying efforts to root out weapons manufacturing facilities before they pose a wider threat to civilian populations.

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