General Information

The stabbing attack in Beit Horon showed an increase in relative complexity, daring and premeditation

On January 25, 2016, a stabbing attack was carried out in the Israeli village of Beit Horon (near Route 443, a major traffic artery leading to Jerusalem). Two Palestinian students, who apparently knew each other from Bir Zeit University, entered the village by climbing over its security fence. They went to a local grocery store
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (January 20 – 26, 2016)

This past week the current Palestinian terrorist campaign continued. During the past few weeks there has been a decrease in the scope of the attacks (although the number remained high), but they have been more lethal and daring (shooting attacks and entrance into Israeli villages).Prominent this past week was a lethal stabbing attack in the
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Hezbollah Handled a Palestinian Squad in Tulkarm, Which Planned Terrorist Attacks

The Israeli security forces recently exposed a five-man terrorist squad in Tulkarm that planned to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel, including a shooting attack. The squad was headed by Muhammad Zaghloul, a Palestinian from Tulkarm, and handled by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (January 7-13, 2016)

In Syria, there were no significant changes on the ground this week. In Iraq, the security forces continue to cleanse the city of Ramadi, which they do not yet fully control. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Iraq this week. In the face of the pressures put on it, ISIS
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (January 6 – 12, 2016)

This past week the Palestinian terrorist campaign continued. There were a number of stabbing attacks in Hebron, the Jordan Valley, Jenin and Gush Etzion. Nasha’t Milhem, the terrorist who carried out a mass-killing attack in Tel Aviv a week ago, was found.
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The exposure of a terrorist infrastructure in Abu Dis and Bethlehem directed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip shows Hamas’ effort to escalate the current terrorist campaign at the expense of its popular character.

During December 2015 the Israel Security Agency (ISA) exposed a large Hamas terrorist infrastructure operating in Abu Dis and Bethlehem. As of December 23, 2015, twenty-five of its operatives, most of them students from Abu Dis, had been detained. The operatives, handled and directed from the Gaza Strip by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’
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