(Ilana Messika/TPS) The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) stated on Wednesday that, in cooperation with the IDF, Border Police and security forces, the Agency has arrested a terror cell responsible for several shooting attacks at an IDF outpost in Ofra, in the Binyamin region.

The cell included three Palestinian minors who had carried out a total of four shootings attacks in the two months of October-November 2016 using homemade weapons.

During the investigation, the security forces seized the weapons and vehicles used to carry out the attacks. In addition, relatives of the cell members who cooperated by hiding out said weapons were also detained. The results of the investigation on those involved will be transferred within the next few days to the Military Prosecutor’s Office in order to press for the relevant charges on the matter.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit stated that the Israeli Army and security forces had arrested 12 wanted men during nightly raids in Judea and Samaria.

Among those, eight arrestees were so on suspicions of grassroot terror activities and violence toward civilians and security forces. In the Al Fawwar refugee camp near Hebron and in the village of Merah Revah, near Bethlehem, the IDF arrested four men wanted for activism in the Hamas terrorist organization.

All the suspects were transferred to the relevant security forces for further questioning.