Israel announced the arrest on Nov. 21 of a Hamas-affiliated military cell in the West Bank, which was planning on carrying out suicide bombings against Israeli soldiers and settlers.
The detailed announcement stated that the Hamas-affiliated cell included 30 members, some of whom received military training elsewhere and returned to the West Bank to execute missions against Israel. According to the announcement, such missions included a shooting, a bombing, kidnapping Israelis from both inside and outside Israel, rigging cars with explosives and carrying out an operation inside Jerusalem's soccer stadium.