(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - Hamas has been working to establish armed, well-organized terrorist capabilities in the West Bank with help from the group's leadership, operating from Turkey and Lebanon. Building such capabilities took many months, and included funneling funds for the purchase of weapons by terror units that have already begun training for an attack, and conveying the know-how necessary to produce homemade explosives. This terrorist infrastructure was gradually uncovered during proactive routine operations by the Israel Security Agency, which questioned numerous Hamas operatives. Through a combination of human and technological intelligence gathering, the scale of such infrastructure - which took shape under the nose of the Palestinian Authority, and of Israeli security forces to some extent - became clear. Israel's raids on Sunday were intended to defuse the Hamas bomb which was clearly about to blow up.
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