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Israel uncovers "terror network" in West Bank

Xinhua, November 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Israeli security forces arrested 24 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight in an operation uncovering a "terror network," the Israeli military said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it has arrested members of a "vast Hamas network" in the Palestinian city of Qalqilia in the northwestern West Bank.

The arrests were carried out in a joint operation by the Israeli military, the Shin Bet security agency and the Israeli police.

"The network was directed, guided and funded by members of Hamas headquarters in Qatar and the Gaza Strip," the Israeli military said in a statement.

"The heads of the network, who ran the regional headquarters, were operating to renew Hamas activity in the area and plotting terror activity," the statement added.

The army said that during the operation, security forces seized funds at the sum of 35,000 shekels (9,000 U.S. dollars).

Israel and the United States view Hamas as a terror organization. Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in 2007, whereas the Fatah movement is the Palestinian sovereign in the West Bank territories. Endit