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| 13 Hamas activists arrested in overnight sweep |
| 2017-01-17 |
| [YNETNEWS] The Shin Bet and the IDF arrested 13 Hamas activists in the West Bank overnight Sunday, including a member of the Hamas Palestinian Legislative Council. During the operation, security forces found and confiscated thousands of shekels, a vehicle and Hamas propaganda material. In recent weeks, the Shin Bet exposed, also together with the IDF, a widescale Hamas infrastructure operating in Ramallah and the Binyamin region in which the headquarters of the organization were discovered. The headquarters, consisting of an eight-tier hierarchy made up of dozens of activists, worked to strengthen Hamas’s grip in the West Bank as an organization and influential element throughout the area. Among a range of activities, the Hamas headquarters operated through social and economic channels and provided economic support to prisoners, families of terrorists and Hamas student cells. Moreover, the headquarters disseminated Hamas propaganda material and sponsored rallies. They were were continuously financed, according to the Shin bet, by Hamas officials abroad and in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian,17, shot dead in clashes with Israeli forces [IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian teen was rubbed out Monday evening during festivities with Israeli security forces in the southern West Bank, the Paleostinian health ministry said. The IDF said the shooting occurred during a "violent riot" in which Paleostinian hurled rocks at security forces in the Bethlehem-area village of Tuqua, near the settlement of Tekoa in the Etzion Bloc. "Due to the extent of violence, Border Police fired 0.22-caliber rounds toward the main violence instigator, resulting in his death," an army spokeswoman said. The Tuqua municipality identified the youth as 17-year-old Qusay Hussein Umour. The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy, quoted by the Ma’an news agency, said Umour was detained by Israeli forces after being shot three times, and only handed over to the Paleostinians for medical treatment after he had died. Security forces arrest 17 suspected of terror activities [Ynet] Security forces have tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! 17 wanted suspects in the West Bank involved in terror and nationalistic activities and disruption of public order against civilians. It was also reported that in a separate operation, thousand of shekels were found which, according to intelligence information, were received from terror organizations. |
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