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Israel arrests 32 wanted militants in West Bank raids
Jerusalem, Aug 27: The Israeli Army arrested 32 wanted militants in a series of overnight operations in the West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli sources said today.
Jerusalem, Aug 27: The Israeli Army arrested 32 wanted militants in a series of overnight operations in the West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli sources said today.
Five members of the radical Hamas movement were
detained in an operation in Nablus in which an Islamic Jihad
activist was also nabbed, an Israeli military source told.
Another Hamas operative was arrested in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, on suspicion of organising an imminent anti-Israeli attack.
"He was organising a particular attack that we had intelligence on. He was regarded as a ticking bomb," said the army source.
Six people were arrested in the town of Jenin, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. Another seven were detained in the town of Tulkarem after Israeli troops in tanks and jeeps entered the town in the early morning, witnesses said.
"Seven wanted Palestinians were arrested in the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) operation in Tulkarem. They have been taken for further questioning," the Israeli source said.
No one was believed to have been injured in any of the arrest operations although the Israelis said they had come under fire while arresting on wanted militant in the town of Qalqilya.
The balance of arrests were carried out in a number of towns and villages around the West Bank.
Bureau Report
Another Hamas operative was arrested in the village of Madama, to the south of Nablus, on suspicion of organising an imminent anti-Israeli attack.
"He was organising a particular attack that we had intelligence on. He was regarded as a ticking bomb," said the army source.
Six people were arrested in the town of Jenin, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. Another seven were detained in the town of Tulkarem after Israeli troops in tanks and jeeps entered the town in the early morning, witnesses said.
"Seven wanted Palestinians were arrested in the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) operation in Tulkarem. They have been taken for further questioning," the Israeli source said.
No one was believed to have been injured in any of the arrest operations although the Israelis said they had come under fire while arresting on wanted militant in the town of Qalqilya.
The balance of arrests were carried out in a number of towns and villages around the West Bank.
Bureau Report