Heading deep into Hebron, C14 got an inside look at the operations carried out by Border Police forces in Judea and Samaria to hunt down terrorists before they can strike. In the City of the Patriarchs, C14 joined soldiers operating on the ground to see firsthand how Israel’s security forces work to uncover threats and stop planned attacks against Jews.
1+In Hebron, there is another kind of operation—one that begins long before the target realizes he has been marked. The unit makes sure that an armed terrorist with a clear intention of carrying out an attack against Jews has no idea that the people standing in front of him are undercover Israeli forces.
There are no flashing blue lights—just soldiers quietly closing in on their target, patiently waiting for the right moment. Then the signal comes, and within seconds, everything erupts. The undercover soldiers charge, struggle with the suspect, take control and arrest the terrorist. Without ever realizing what was happening around him, the attack he was planning ends before it can begin.
1+And that may best capture the story of the Judea and Samaria Border Police as a whole: Behind the arrests are months of intelligence gathering, surveillance and planning, and soldiers repeatedly entering the places where threats are hiding. For months, C14 accompanied them and documented their operations up close—the arrests, the dramatic moments and those standing on the front lines, day and night, to stop terrorism before it ever reaches Israeli civilians.