Israeli forces raided foreign exchange stores in several West Bank cities, including Ramallah and Nablus, on Tuesday, accusing their parent company of "connections with terrorist organizations," according to an army closure notice.
"Israeli forces are taking action against al-Khaleej Exchange Company due to its connections with terrorist organizations," a leaflet left at the company’s Ramallah location read.
Several army vehicles were seen at the store’s entrance while soldiers came out carrying items covered by a cloth.
Two army vehicles escorted one of the store’s employees away from the premises.
A military official confirmed to The Times of Israel that the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police had launched an operation across the West Bank aimed at seizing "terror funds."
The owners of money exchange companies who Israel believes are funneling cash to terror groups will be detained, the official added.
In the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli forces raided a second foreign exchange store belonging to the al-Khaleej company, as well as a gold store.
Some Paleostinian residents of Nablus were seen clashing with the army during the raid, throwing objects at troops.
The Ramallah-based ministry of health said one man was killed and eight other people were maimed by Israeli forces’ live ammunition during a raid in Nablus on Tuesday.
The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said it treated 20 people for tear gas inhalation and three others who were maimed by rubber bullets.
Video published by Quds News purported to show soldiers surrounding a foreign exchange office in the West Bank city of Tubas.
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...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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-based Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...terror group condemned the raids on foreign exchange shops.
"These assaults on economic institutions, accompanied by the looting of large sums of money and the confiscation of property, are an extension of the piracy policies adopted by the (Israeli) government," the group said in a statement, adding that the targeted companies were "operating within the law."
The Ramallah-based Paleostinian Authority and the IDF did not respond to AFP requests for comment.