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Hamas Spokesman Reportedly Among Scores Arrested In Occupied West Bank
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/middleeast/hamas-spokesperson-detained-west-bank-intl
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A Hamas spokesman is reportedly among more than 60 members of the militant organization that Israel arrested in overnight raids across the West Bank, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory that is increasingly feeling the impact of the fighting in Gaza.
He has made regular appearances on international media, this week telling Canadian outlet The Globe and Mail he thought Hamas would be prepared to free the estimated 200 hostages it is holding if Israel agrees to a 24-hour ceasefire to allow aid into Gaza.
“Following wide-scale counterterrorism activity overnight in Judea and Samaria [the Jewish biblical names for the West Bank], over 80 wanted suspects were apprehended, including 63 Hamas terror operatives,” it said.
A total of 850 Palestinians have been detained in the occupied West Bank since Hamas’s brutal attack inside Israel on October 7, according the Palestinian Prisoners Club, including lawmakers, prominent figures, journalists, and former detainees who have served extended terms in Israeli jails.
The Israeli crackdown comes as the Gaza conflict has increasingly spilled over to the West Bank since Hamas launched its surprise assault, resulting in settler attacks and clashes that have left dozens of Palestinians dead.
Most of the world considers these settlements illegal under international law, but despite this successive Israeli governments have pledged support for them.
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