IDF removes the gloves against Islamic Jihad

In the absence of Palestinian Authority efforts to disarm and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in accordance with signed peace agreements, Israel Tuesday gave a green light to its security forces to go on the offensive against Islamic Jihad.

IDF soldiers arrested over 50 members of the terror group during predawn raids in Judea and Samaria, less than a day after Islamic Jihad gunmen murdered an Israeli motorist in northern Samaria.

The detainees included the local Jenin-area Islamic Jihad commander, who security officials said was involved in the manufacture of rockets and in planning a series of attacks against Israeli Jews.

Israel had refrained from acting against the