Forecast in Israel: More kidnappings of Jews

News from Jerusalem:  The forecast for Jews living in Israel calls for a heightened chance of kidnappings, now that one captured Israeli soldier has been swapped for more than a thousand terrorists.

That's the outright warning from terror groups both inside and outside of the embattled country.

On the very day Israel and Hamas agreed to the prisoner exchange, Hamas in Israel took a formal decision to kidnap more Jewish soldiers, according to a top leader of the Islamist group's so-called military wing.

Abu Abdullah of Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades told WND that last Thursday, the Hamas "military wing" appointed a new team to draft plans to kidnap more Israeli soldiers.

Israel and Hamas reached a deal that was finalized Sunday for the release of Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas in 2006, in exchange for the freedom of some 1,027 Palestinian terrorists in Israeli jails.

Shalit is now back in Israel after the deal was carried out Tuesday.

On Sunday, WND reported the chief of Hamas in the Gaza Strip stated in an interview the exchange emboldens his group to kidnap more Israelis to extract further concessions from the Jewish state.

Mahmoud al-Zahar was asked in a radio interview whether the exchange demonstrates the value of nabbing Israeli soldiers.