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Israel seizes Hamas leaders in West Bank
GAZA - Israeli forces seized a Palestinian cabinet minister, lawmakers and mayors in the occupied West Bank and launched more air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, stepping up a campaign against Hamas Islamists. Israeli troops entered the West Bank city of Nablus and took into custody Education Minister Naser Al Shaer of Hamas, according to his wife, Huda. ‘I asked them, ‘Why are you taking him’. The officer said, ‘We have orders’,’ Huda told Reuters.
Excellent! Jug him and hold him til Hamas lets go the Israeli soldier they're holding. And if it doesn't work, pinch other Hamas big.
Israeli forces also seized at least three Hamas lawmakers, the mayor and deputy mayor of Nablus and other local Hamas officials, Hamas officials said. An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that an ‘arrest operation’ had been conducted but added: ‘At this point, I cannot elaborate on who was arrested’.

It was not immediately clear whether other senior ministers in the Palestinian unity government were targeted.
Posted by: Steve White 2007-05-24
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