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PA says it has arrested 247 suspects thus far in Jenin camp counterterror raid
[IsraelTimes] The Palestinian Authority has arrested 247 outlaws as part of its counterterror raid in the Jenin refugee camp that has been ongoing for several weeks, PA security forces spokesperson Anwar Rajab says.Speaking at a press conference in Jenin, Rajab says PA forces have defused 245 explosive devices in addition to confiscating weapons and ammunition. Eight of those arrested are suspected of illicitly financing terror groups in the northern West Bank. Iranian proxies? ISIS? The government of Egypt? Inquiring minds want to know. Rajab says PA forces also seized funds that were supposed to go toward the families of “martyrs and prisoners” but had been “misappropriated by the lawbreakers,” Haaretz reports.Related: Jenin refugee camp: 2025-01-04 3 Palestinians killed amid Jenin clashes between PA forces, terror groups in W. Bank Jenin refugee camp: 2025-01-03 PA halts Al Jazeera West Bank broadcasts amid criticism of its terror crackdown Jenin refugee camp: 2025-01-02 Palestinian Authority pursuing West Bank terrorists to impress Trump, analysts say Posted by: trailing wife 2025-01-10 |
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