On Aug. 30, Israeli daily Maariv quoted Israeli security sources as saying that a Hezbollah-linked armed network is operating in the West Bank to carry out armed operations inside Israel by recruiting members of Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
A senior Palestinian security official told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, “A number of Palestinian militants informed the Palestinian security services that they received calls from Hezbollah in Lebanon. The number of those who have joined Hezbollah in the West Bank is unknown at present, and Hezbollah is taking advantage of the financial strait of those it communicated with. In the past months, it has transferred tens of thousands of dollars to those who have joined it.”