Exclusive operational footage revealed Tuesday evening showcases tactical operatives from the elite “HaGideonim” undercover unit leading Operation “Combined Punch”—a sweeping offensive aimed at neutralizing active terrorist infrastructure embedded inside Anata and the Shuafat refugee camp, two hostile terror focal points situated minutes from Jerusalem.
1+HaGideonim is not an ordinary military unit; they are the breach-point operatives who infiltrate first—undercover, seamlessly assimilating into the urban surroundings and lying in wait for the operational green light. Once hundreds of Border Police officers and IDF combat soldiers, acting on precise Shin Bet (ISA) intelligence, locked down the outer perimeter, the launch signal was issued, and the unit mobilized into kinetic action.
A designated list of 117 high-value targets was locked in the crosshairs, the majority identified by the Shin Bet as operatives affiliated with the Hamas terrorist organization. Driving the operation was alarming tactical intelligence pointing to active plots by local terrorists to execute attacks against Israelis during the upcoming High Holidays. The defense establishment resolved not to wait to interdict attacks in transit, opting instead to strike the planners long before execution.
1+Moving alley by alley, compound by compound, tactical assault teams executed targeted breaches into the homes of wanted suspects, sweeping compounds for concealed weaponry and hunting down terror targets. The joint operation is commanded in unified coordination by the Commander of the Jerusalem Envelope Border Police, Assistant Commissioner Eran Levi, alongside the Commander of the Binyamin Regional Brigade, Col. Anan Fares—Border Police, the IDF, and the Shin Bet acting as a single fist striking both terrorist hubs concurrently.
The campaign is set to expand across designated targets: at least 117 profiled operatives, dozens of targeted raids, and a single relentless race against time to capture the terrorists before they can strike.