Israel National News reports: “Iran has significantly escalated its efforts to arm terrorist proxies in Judea and Samaria, quietly smuggling advanced weaponry into the territory in recent months, according to Israeli intelligence centers and regional analysts quoted in a Washington Free Beacon report on Tuesday.

The goal, according to the sources, is to transform the area into a Gaza-style terrorist hub capable of replicating Hamas’s October 7 massacre.

Following the Trump-backed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last month, Islamic Jihad shifted its operational focus to Judea and Samaria. While Islamic Jihad remains the most active Iranian proxy in cities such as Hebron, Shechem (Nablus), Jenin, and Jericho, it is joined by factions from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Hamas’s local cells – 28 groups in total, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).

These terror groups have acquired weaponry previously unseen in Judea and Samaria, including explosive drones, anti-tank missiles, rocket-propelled grenades, and advanced rockets. The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center reported that Hamas declared that Judea and Samaria would ‘continue to be a leading arena of resistance’ immediately after the October 10 ceasefire…”