Undercover Israel Border Police officers arrested three wanted terror suspects, two of them suspected Hamas operatives, in overnight raids in Samaria, the Israel Police said on Wednesday, JNS reports. The officers acted on intelligence from the Israel Security Agency, better known as the Shin Bet.

The arrests took place in the villages of Urif and Qabalan, south of Nablus, police said. The three are suspected of planning terror attacks and acting against Israel's security forces. Police said they were also involved in activity linked to terror organizations.

The Tazpit Press Service also reported the arrests, and its headline described two of the three as Hamas operatives.

Here is what it means. The arrests show how Israel's security services work together in Judea and Samaria. The Shin Bet, led by Director David Zini, provides the intelligence. Then an undercover police unit goes in at night and brings the suspects out. Police described all three as wanted. They now face the accusations police laid out: planning attacks, acting against Israel's security forces and activity linked to terror organizations.

The Hamas connection matters. Hamas led the October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel, when terrorists murdered about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages into Gaza. By the end of January 2026, every hostage, living and dead, had been returned to Israel. Now police say two suspected operatives of that same group were arrested in villages south of Nablus, far from Gaza.

We will keep following the work of the Shin Bet and the Border Police in Judea and Samaria, and we will report what the police say as this case moves forward. “Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.” (Psalm 121:4)