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Senior Hamas leader among dozens arrested overnight in West Bank
 [IsraelTimes] Sheik Hassan Yusef detained on suspicion of 'promoting' the terror group's activities amid spike in violence, Shin Bet saysIsraeli troops, in raids across the West Bank overnight Tuesday, locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! 32 Paleostinians for suspected involvement in terror activities and violent rioting, as well as a senior Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", figure, security forces said. Sheikh Hassan Yusef, a Hamas leader in the West Bank and one of the group’s founding members, was arrested in Ramallah, the Shin Bet security service said. He is suspected of "involvement in promoting and advancing Hamas’s activities in the West Bank," it confirmed in a statement after Paleostinian media broke news of the arrest. Yusef was recently released from administrative detention, and has been arrested many times in recent years. Earlier this week, he called for a violent response to US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Since Trump announced his decision last Wednesday, the West Bank has seen daily protests that have at time devolved into festivities. Alongside the festivities in the West Bank, recent days have seen an escalation in violence around Gazoo, where Yusef’s Hamas group holds sway. In the latest in a series of tit-for-tat exchanges, the Israeli Air Force early Wednesday morning struck a Hamas facility in the southern Gazoo Strip in retaliation for Paleostinian rocket fire hours earlier. During the overnight raids, IDF medics treated an elderly Paleostinian woman who had a heart attack in the village of al-Zubeidat, near Jericho, but eventually pronounced her dead after their efforts failed. The IDF denied implications made by Paleostinian media that the woman’s heart attack was triggered by stun grenades thrown by Israeli troops after residents threw rocks at them. An army official said the two incidents were unrelated, happening at significantly different times during the night.
Gazoo security officials said that aircraft hit a Hamas naval base west of the city of Khan Yunis and open land nearby. Three Paleostinians were lightly maimed in the strikes, the health ministry in Gazoo said. No casualties were reported on the Israeli side. Border Police arrest 367 Palestinians residing in Israel illegally [IsraelTimes] In a massive sting targeting Palestinians residing in Israel illegally, the Border Police arrests 367 Palestinian suspects, including 38 from the Gaza Strip, according to a police statement. Another 29 people are arrested for allegedly providing accommodations and transportation to the suspected illegal residents.
Police arrest sweep turns up firearms meant for terror groups [IsraelTimes] According to police, 1,000 officers took part in the massive arrest sweep targeting Palestinians residing in Israel illegally. The operation also uncovers weapons police believe are meant to be transferred to terror groups, including three firearms, 55 gas canisters that were reconfigured into bombs, 16 firebombs and two pipe bombs. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-14 |
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