Cop by day, terrorist by night: At the height of tensions - the warning about a 'turning of the guns' in Judea and Samaria
A report warns of a dramatic rise in the number of Palestinian police officers carrying out attacks, cautioning against a scenario of 'turning of the guns' where thousands of armed fighters break through to Israeli communities. The IDF has increased its presence in the sector and deployed an elite division.
A report by i24NEWS warns of the unraveling of the security concept in Judea and Samaria, against the backdrop of a dramatic rise in the number of Palestinian police officers carrying out attacks. According to the report, over 150 Palestinian police officers have gone out to carry out attacks in the past year. The Palestinian Authority's security mechanisms have grown from a limited agreement of 12,000 weapons to an armed apparatus of about 65,000 salary recipients, including about 35,000 trained fighters. At the 'Al-Istiqlal' University in Jericho, Palestinian police officers learn to capture outposts, raid communities, dive, and parachute – capabilities far removed from the needs of civilian policing. The 'turning of the guns' scenario presents the danger of thousands of armed fighters breaking through in armored vehicles towards communities along the seam line and the coastal plain. In response, the elite 98th Division was deployed to the sector, and the IDF is changing its approach, demonstrating a determined presence in the heart of the kasbahs and refugee camps. The article emphasizes that 'the existing calm is an illusion' and that Israel faces a ticking time bomb.