(Ynet News) Elisha Ben Kimon - Localized terror battalions, funded by Iran, are operating in the West Bank against Israeli civilians and security forces. Security forces estimate there are 15 battalions currently active, mostly in Samaria in the northern West Bank. The most notorious are in Jenin, Nur Shams near Tulkarm, and Balata in Nablus. They operate where the Palestinian Authority struggles to enforce order. An attempt to create such a terror battalion in Kalkilya recently has been thwarted by Israeli security forces. Security officials say they observe attempts to copy Hamas practices: placing IEDs on roads, digging attack tunnels, launching rockets at Israeli communities and infiltrating into communities. These relatively new changes in Palestinian tactics have prompted Israel's security forces to operate more aggressively than they had in the past.
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