IDF raids Hamas charity fronts in Ramallah, Yatta

IDF and Shin Bet forces raided the offices of the Adameer charity organization in Ramallah early this week, exposing what security officials say is a Hamas and Popular Front terror-funding operation disguised as humanitarian work.

During the operation, forces arrested wanted individuals and seized computers, documents and checkbooks bearing the hallmarks of declared Hamas funds. The Adameer charity, according to the IDF, is financed by terror money and operates to provide legal aid to Popular Front terrorists imprisoned in Israel. Some of the organization's employees took part in the attack on 23 August 2019, in which Rina Shnerb hy"d was murdered.

In a separate operation in recent weeks, IDF forces directed by the Shin Bet raided the offices of the Islamic Association for the Care of Orphans in the town of Yatta in the Chevron district.

Wanted individuals were arrested and materials bearing the hallmarks of declared Hamas funds were confiscated. The detainees and evidence were transferred to security forces for further investigation.

The association, which has been declared an illegal entity, served as an organizational and financial arm of the Hamas terror organization, including the transfer of funds to the terror group and support for the families of terrorists and prisoners. The association's director and other senior figures are Hamas terrorists who have been imprisoned in the past. The association serves as infrastructure establishing Hamas's standing in Yatta while exploiting its ostensibly civilian activity.

The organizations, declared illegal associations, served as organizational and financial arms of the terror groups and supported and advanced terror activities throughout Yehudah and Shomron. Security forces will continue to act with initiative and aggression to thwart terror across Yehudah and Shomron and will pursue the full severity of the law against every terrorist operating with the aim of harming Israeli civilians and security forces.