More than 30 Palestinians were recently detained over their membership in a “significant and extensive” terror network based in the West Bank and Jerusalem area, the Shin Bet security service announced on Tuesday.
The network had been planning “attacks against Jews and security forces,” the Shin Bet said in a joint statement with the military and police.
Five Jerusalem residents who were members of the network were charged with “serious” security offenses, including “managing a terror organization, active membership in a terror organization, conspiracy and preparation to commit an act of terror involving murder under aggravated circumstances, weapons and property offenses for terror purposes, recruiting and attempting to recruit members to a terror organization,” and other offenses, the statement read.
Indictments against some of the West Bank Palestinians involved in the network were expected to be filed by army prosecutors in the coming days, while the investigation of others was still ongoing.
Two of the Jerusalemites, Sabih Abu Sabih and Rashid Rishk, were members of the Shabab al-Aqsa group, which is affiliated with Hamas, according to the security agency. Abu Sabih is the son of Mesbah Abu Sabih, who carried out a deadly shooting spree that killed two Israelis in Jerusalem in October 2016, and Rishk was released in January 2025 as part of a hostage deal with Hamas.
