Israeli troops detained 37 Palestinians in the West Bank during the night as its arrest campaign entered its 11th day on Monday, with ** sign of three teenagers thought kidnapped by Hamas. Since the youths disappeared from a hitchhiking stop in the southern West Bank on June 12, Israel has been rounding up hundreds of Palestinians in a bid to find them, while also dealing a crushing blow to the Islamist movement's West Bank network. "Overnight, the forces detained 37 suspects and searched 80 locations, specifically in the area **rth West of Hebron, Beit Awwa (southwest of Hebron) and also in (the **rthern city of) Jenin," an army spokeswoman said. So far, troops have arrested 361 people, among them 250 Hamas members and 57 who were freed during a 2011 prisoner swap deal to secure the release of Gilad Shalit, a soldier held in Gaza for five years by Hamas, the army said.
06-24-2014, 02:13 PM
Israel arrests 37 in West Bank as manhunt drags on
Israeli troops detained 37 Palestinians in the West Bank during the night as its arrest campaign entered its 11th day on Monday, with ** sign of three teenagers thought kidnapped by Hamas. Since the youths disappeared from a hitchhiking stop in the southern West Bank on June 12, Israel has been rounding up hundreds of Palestinians in a bid to find them, while also dealing a crushing blow to the Islamist movement's West Bank network. "Overnight, the forces detained 37 suspects and searched 80 locations, specifically in the area **rth West of Hebron, Beit Awwa (southwest of Hebron) and also in (the **rthern city of) Jenin," an army spokeswoman said. So far, troops have arrested 361 people, among them 250 Hamas members and 57 who were freed during a 2011 prisoner swap deal to secure the release of Gilad Shalit, a soldier held in Gaza for five years by Hamas, the army said.
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