Israeli forces carried out a series of raids in the West Bank the night of Dec. 5. Soliders invaded the village of Beit Sira, near the Green Line west of Ramallah, conducting house-to-house raids and seizing more than 20 Palestinians. (Ma'an News Agency [2], Dec. 5) Israeli forces also invaded Jenin refugee camp, firing bullets and sound grenades, breaking into several houses, and seizing four Palestinians. (Ma'an [3], Dec. 5) That same night, Fatah-allied Palestinian security forces detained eighteen Hamas supporters in in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem, Salfit, Ramallah, and Hebron. (Ma'an [4], Dec. 5)
Yet Israeli forces also arrested Jericho resident Hasan Yousif Dabah, claiming he is an operative in a Fatah-affiliated military cell and was planning attacks on the local Israel-controlled bypass road. (Ma'an [5], Dec. 5)
See our last post on Israel/Palestine [6].
