More than 20 Palestinian suspects have been arrested in recent days in the wake of Monday’s bus station terrorist attack in Jerusalem, the IDF said.
The army made the arrests in the Ramallah-area villages of El-Kubeiba and Katanna, the home villages of the terrorists responsible for killing six Israelis in the shooting.
Security personnel confiscated weapons, cartridges, military equipment, and Islamic State flags.
The two gunmen were both killed at the scene of Monday’s attack.
IDF confiscates weapons, terror funds in West Bank
Other terror suspects were arrested in separate raids around the northern West Bank. Weapons and tens of thousands of shekels were seized.
While destroying the homes of two terrorists, the military confirmed it searched more than 700 targets, and confiscated 38 “airsoft,” non-deadly weapons and weapon parts.
Additionally, as part of the operations, five houses belonging to terrorists were destroyed. During activities in the central and northern areas of the West Bank, 21 wanted individuals were arrested.
Police said on Tuesday that they had arrested a resident of east Jerusalem on suspicion of “assisting the terrorists in reaching the scene.”
Following the attack, Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had ordered sanctions to be imposed on the attackers’ family members and residents of the two villages.
Every structure that had been built without permits in the two towns would be demolished, and 750 people would have their permission revoked to work in Israel, the main source of income for many Palestinian families.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said that in the wake of the attack, he was expanding a list of communities where Israelis are eligible to receive licenses to carry guns.
“In the horrific attack, it was again proven that firearms save lives, when two armed civilians, who had received weapons under the reform we are leading, neutralized the... terrorists,” he said.
Reuters contributed to this report.