Zakaria Zubeidi
Freed Al-Aqsa Brigades leader Zakaria Zubeidi is still in Ramallah due to Israel’s ongoing military operation in his hometown, Jenin.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander is to be set free as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, but the IDF has warned that he will be targeted if he resumes terrorist activities.
Mohammed Zubeidi, arrested in connection with a car theft, is the son of Zakaria Zubeidi, the former Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander who escaped from Israel’s Gilboa prison in September.
The Israel Police has reportedly gained information substantiating suspicions that prison guards helped the terrorists escape from Gilboa Prison via a tunnel.
In recent years, most of the counter-terrorism arrests by the Shin Bet, the Israel Defense Forces and the counter-terrorism unit of the Israel Police have targeted Hamas, not Fatah-Tanzim members, who have been dormant.
Zakaria Zubeidi, who was once at the top of Israel’s most-wanted list, was arrested by Israeli law enforcement on Wednesday for “serious and current terrorist activities,” according to the Shin Bet security services.
