Under the guise of charity: Thousands of shekels for terror financing seized in Qalqilya

Border Police and IDF soldiers raided a compound of an association in Qalqilya suspected of being a front for terror financing. Thousands of shekels in cash, foreign currency, and office equipment were confiscated. Safes were broken into, and the building was sealed. The operation is part of the fight against terror financing.

Border Police of Judea and Samaria and IDF forces from the Ephraim Brigade operated in a compound of an association in the city of Qalqilya, which is suspected of serving as a front for a charity organization to finance and support terrorist groups. During the operation, office equipment and thousands of shekels in cash were confiscated, as well as sums of foreign currency found in safes that were broken into by the forces. In accordance with procedure, a symbolic amount of money was left for humanitarian needs. At the end of the operation, the forces sealed the building and welded the entrances. The Border Police and IDF stated that the forces will continue to operate against terrorist infrastructures and their funding sources. The report relies on official military sources and does not include a response from the association or Palestinian sources.