PA has stopped 40% of resistance ops in the West Bank, claims IDF

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has revealed that the Palestinian Authority security forces have doubled their efforts to stop resistance operations, preventing 40 per cent of such activities in the occupied West Bank. Speaking to Israel’s Army Radio, the IDF’s Head of Central Command said that the success rate is up from just 15 per cent a few months ago.

The radio station added that such statements were made during the Israeli cabinet’s tour of Ramallah on Wednesday.

Along with Intelligence Online, a French website specialising in intelligence affairs, Army Radio has also recently revealed details of the close cooperation between the Israeli Shabak internal security agency and the PA’s Preventive Security Forces, despite the current intifada. They reported that 80 secret meetings were held between the two sides over the past year, which resulted in the thwarting of at least 58 attacks on Israeli targets and the confiscation of large numbers of weapons and explosives.