Undercover Israel Border Police officers on Monday night arrested a wanted Fatah terrorist suspected of promoting attacks in the Kafr Dan area of Samaria, the Israel Police announced on Tuesday, JNS reported. The suspect had been in contact with other terrorists and had hidden from security forces for some time, the force said.
Hands up in a clothing shop
Officers surrounded a clothing store where he was allegedly hiding and called on him to turn himself in. He came out with his hands raised and was arrested on the spot. Forces also arrested the store’s owner, who is suspected of hiding the fugitive. A search turned up mobile phones and other items, police said. Both suspects were transferred for further questioning by Israel’s security forces.
Kafr Dan sits in northern Samaria near Jenin. Police described the wanted man as a Fatah operative promoting attacks in that area — Fatah as an armed local file, not a diplomatic brand. The shop is the hide: a commercial premises used to conceal a fugitive until undercover Border Police boxed it in. The owner’s arrest is the alleged logistics around that hide. Phones taken from the store are evidence seized at the scene, not a separate raid.
Monday night in Kafr Dan is this arrest. A wanted Fatah man walked out of a clothing store with his hands up. The owner went with him. Police announced both detentions on Tuesday. JNS carried the statement. That is the operation.