Fateh forces and Israel arrest Hamas supporters in West Bank

Wednesday October 08, 2008 03:59 by IMEMC News

Hamas media sources reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to the Fateh movement headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, arrested five supporters of Hamas in the West Bank, while the Israeli army arrested two Hamas supporters who were recently freed from a Palestinian prison.

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In the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Fateh security forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas arrested Aseed Abdul-Jalil from Salem village, only three days after he was released from an Israeli detention facility.

In Qalqilia, also in northern part of the West Bank, forces arrested Anwar Mara’ba, a Director Assistant at the Ministry of Waqf of Religious Affairs. He was called in for questioning and was arrested at a local security center.

In the northern West Bank city Jenin, security forces also arrested resident Anas Atatra after breaking into his home in Zabouba village. The forces also confiscated his personal computer.

Also in Jenin, security forces broke into a religious center for females in the city and arrested its leader, Um Mirshid Boshnaq.

In Tulkarem, the security forces arrested an Imam of a local mosque, identified as Aahid Assaf. Several days before, Fateh security forces arrested Hamza Al Qar’awy, the son of legislator Fathi Al Qar’awy.

Hamas sources also reported that Israeli soldiers arrested Shadi Al Ja’bary, a student at Hebron University and Saed Salhab, a student of the Polytechnic University also in Hebron. Salhab and Al Ja’bary were previously detained by Palestinian security forces.

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