Many of the terrorists who were released in the POW deal last year — among the 1,150 terrorists freed in exchange for three IDF soldiers — have returned to terrorist activities and have been involved in serious acts of sabotage, according to a security source quoted by Davar Sunday.
The source noted that some 600 of these terrorists reside in East Jerusalem and Judaea-Samaria. They organized while they were still in prison.
The source was critical of the deal by which they were released, saying that anyone who thinks it’s possible to keep tabs on 600 released terrorists is deceiving the public, since such terrorist activity can’t be detected in advance. However, the source said, the security forces know about this activity and are dealing with it.
Some of the released terrorists have been arrested for taking part in terrorist activity, and a few have been deported. The security source said that the involvement of the released terrorists had been discussed at the highest political echelons, and it was those echelons that decided on when to make public the episodes in which these terrorists were involved, Davar said.
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