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Israeli Authorities Detain 13 Hamas Activists in West Bank

© AFP 2023 / Ahmad GharabliIsraeli soldiers are seen at the site of a stabbing attack by a Palestinian man next to the entrance of the al-Arub refugee camp near the city of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 18, 2016
Israeli soldiers are seen at the site of a stabbing attack by a Palestinian man next to the entrance of the al-Arub refugee camp near the city of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 18, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Israeli law enforcement agencies have detained 13 activists of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the West Bank, local media reported Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The operation was carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in cooperation with the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) in the Binyamin region, The Jerusalem Post reported citing the Shin Bet.

Palestinian supporters of Hamas Islamist movement and of Fatah party wave their faction's flags during a rally to support the Palestinian political unity deal, in the West Bank city of Jenin. (File) - Sputnik International
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The media outlet added that the law enforcers had also detained a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council for Hamas, as well as had seized money and propaganda materials.

Hamas, an Islamist political and militant group, seeks the creation of an independent state of Palestine and wants Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territories it occupied after the 1967 war. Hamas governs the Gaza Strip independently of the Palestinian Authority.

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