The Israeli army forces seized pistols, hand grenades and commandos’ knives during the security mission, said an Israeli army spokesman quoted by the report.
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The Palestinian Red Crescent says dozens of Palestinians were wounded in the clashes, including 31 who were hit by live fire.
Israeli soldiers man a checkpoint during clashes with Palestinians as the IDF conducted house-to-house searches in al-Fawwar refugee camp south of Chevron, Tuesday.
The Shin Bet said Hezbollah was also reaching out to Arab Israelis through Facebook in an attempt “to recruit them to carry out terror attacks”.
Following Shin Bet’s announcement, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to officially designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, Arutz Sheva reported.
Footage has emerged of Israeli troops throwing a smoke grenade for no apparent reason at a group of Palestinian civilians sitting outside a coffee shop in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank. Saer mayor Kayed Daradat says the demolitions affected 55 people, and noted the houses in question were built on land close to a nearby Jewish settlement.
Israeli forces often stage incursions into Palestinian areas of the occupied West Bank on the pretext that they are searching for “wanted” Palestinians. Others died during clashes and protests.
More than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners, among them 350 children, are now held in some 17 Israeli jails.
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The overnight arrests came amid a wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, which started in October previous year, and has since claimed the lives of 34 Israelis and 220 Palestinians.
