The Ministry stated in an official statement that this operation, which was carried out in partnership between the security services and tribal committees in the Gaza Strip, killed more than 20 gangs of aid truck thieves.
The statement stressed that this security operation carried out by the new force, nicknamed “Arrow,” yesterday, Monday, will not be the last. It is the beginning of an expanded security operation that has been planned at length and will expand to include everyone involved in the theft of aid trucks.
The statement stressed that the security services will punish anyone involved in helping gangs of thieves, noting that the security campaign does not target specific clans, but rather aims to eliminate the phenomenon of truck theft, which has greatly affected society and caused signs of famine in the southern Gaza Strip.
The statement pointed out that the security services monitored communications between gangs of thieves and the Israeli forces to cover their work and direct their tasks, and provided security cover for them by Shin Bet officers.
According to the statement, the security services placed the Palestinian factions within the plan of the operation, which received broad national blessing, stressing the pride of the security services in the Palestinian clans east of Rafah, and that some of their members being drawn into theft plans will not harm the history of these families that provided hundreds of resistance martyrs.
Security sources in the Gaza Strip explained that aid-stealing gangs are led by criminal figures, some of whom were detained by the security services, and emerged as Israeli forces targeted the prisons.
The same sources indicated that some of these figures involved in the robberies were sentenced to death, and others were sentenced to severe sentences for committing crimes.
These groups are active in areas controlled by Israeli forces, and establish their warehouses near them, specifically in the eastern areas of Rafah, where full support is provided to these gangs and at a minimum they are accompanied by Quadcopter drones. To target security services.
The sources stressed that these gangs were involved in crimes that went beyond theft. Some of them revealed combat nodes for the resistance and were involved in assassinating resistance fighters. These groups also worked to impose royalties on merchants. To allow their goods to enter without being stolen, which caused a huge rise in their prices in the markets.
The Arrow Unit issued an urgent warning directed to every individual who buys, sells, or mediates stolen and looted goods with bandits in the eastern and European Mirage regions, that strict measures will be taken against them and implemented on the ground.
Palestinian sources reported earlier that the government in Gaza recently formed a special police force, whose mission is to control security in the Strip and monitor the level of prices in the markets, in an attempt to alleviate the chaos caused by Israel since the beginning of the war, which has entered its 410th consecutive day.
The force is moving to control security on the main roads, especially those through which aid from international organizations and commercial trucks loaded with goods pass, and to ensure their arrival to the designated warehouses in preparation for distributing them to those who need them.
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