April 28, 2009 June 16, 2009 April 27, 2009 idf soldiers arrested dozens of Hamas members

April 28, 2009 - June 16, 2009

April 27, 2009

IDF soldiers arrested dozens of Hamas members in Gaza. LINK

May 28, 2009

Abdel al-Majid Dudin, a commander in Hamas' armed wing, was killed by Israeli forces when resisting arrest for organizing suicide bombings. His associate was taken into custody. LINK

April 28, 2010 - June 16, 2010

May 25, 2010

Hamas officials say PA security forces colluded with Israel when scores (at least 32) of Hamas officials and supporters were arrested in the West Bank. Among them is Sheikh Jamal al-Tawil, mayor of al-Bireh, and at least 20 other Hamas figures. In Kabalan, 6 Hamas supporters were arrested; in Kalkilya, Sheikh Riyad al-Walweel, a senior Hamas representative; in Jenin, 5 suspected members. This occurred one day after Hamas announced it would boycott Palestinian municipal elections. LINK

April 28, 2011 - June 16, 2011

May 5, 2011

PIJ leader, Tareq Qadan was arrested by Israelis soldiers in Arraba village. LINK

May 6, 2011

Israel's army arrested PIJ leader, Bassam As-Saadi, in the Jenin refugee camp along with 4 other Palestinians. LINK

May 7, 2011

Israeli soldiers arrested a Hamas official, Khaled al-Haj, at Jenin checkpoint. LINK

May 12, 2011

IDF forces arrested Dr. Adnan Abu Tabbanah, senior Hamas leader, and raided his home in the southwestern Hebron neighborhood of Al-Zaytun. LINK

May 19, 2011

Israeli troops arrested 2 Palestinian youths, Amjad al-Shami and Hamza Muswadda, when they closed down a mosque in Jerusalem that was allegedly used as a headquarters for Hamas. LINK

June 2, 2011

Four Palestinian Hamas and Fatah officials were arrested in West Bank. Hossam Khader, former Fatah lawmaker, and Abdul Rahman Zidan, a Hamas lawmaker were included near Tulkarem and Nablus. LINK

June 10, 2011

Israeli security forces in the West Bank arrested Hamas official Wasfi Kabha, former Hamas minister for prisoner affairs. LINK

June 14, 2011

Israeli troops arrested a Fatah spokesman Mohammed Walawil, and his brother Tawfiq. LINK

June 16, 2011

The Israeli army arrested Samir Qadi, a Hamas lawmaker, in Surif. LINK

IAF Hits Targets, Dozens of Terrorists Arrested

Published: 01/05/09, 6:56 PM

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by Maayana Miskin

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The IAF targeted the Hamas terrorist infrastructure in Gaza on Monday, hitting approximately 40 targets including weapons storehouses, rocket launching sites and dozens of weapons smuggling tunnels under the Philadelphi Route along the southern border.

Gaza media outlets reported several civilians killed in ongoing fighting between IDF ground soldiers and Hamas terrorists. Members of two families were killed in explosions, media said. Gaza residents blamed Israel for the blasts; the claims could not be confirmed.

IDF ground soldiers succeeded in arresting dozens of terrorists on Sunday and Monday. Detainees were taken to special interrogation centers set up along the Gaza border.

Few Gaza terrorists have been arrested in the three years since Israel left the region. A handful were detained after infiltrating the western Negev.

Commanders said soldiers would continue to arrest enemy combatants whenever possible, in order to gather information on terrorist activity and organizations in the area. Some of the detainees will be brought to trial, and could later be bartered for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, they added.

Seven soldiers were wounded on Monday, bringing the total number of IDF casualties to 66. One soldier has been killed, six were seriously wounded, six moderately wounded and 53 lightly wounded.

Civilians in Gaza have begun to flee from the fighting, according to a Ma'ariv reporter residing in Gaza. The IDF dropped pamphlets over several Gaza villages and neighborhoods before fighting began warning civilians to leave the area, but many remained.

(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Israeli troops kill wanted Hamas militant in West Bank: army

(AFP)
28 May 2009

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HEBRON, West Bank - Israeli troops on Thursday killed in a West Bank shootout a Hamas militant wanted for allegedly organising deadly suicide bombings inside the Jewish state, officials said.

Abdel al-Majid Dudin, 45, was killed in a shootout with soldiers and police in the village of Deir al-Assel al-Tahta southwest of the city of Hebron in southern West Bank, an army spokesman said.

The shootout occurred after Dudin reportedly refused to come out of a house after it was surrounded with Israeli security forces, he said, adding that an associate of Dudin was also arrested.

Local sources confirmed there was a shootout in the area and in a statement issued in Gaza, Hamas confirmed that Dudin was a commander in the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, its armed wing.

Dudin was wanted since 1995, when he organised two deadly suicide bus attacks inside Israel while a member of Hamas’s armed wing.

One of the attacks killed four people and wounded more than 100 in Jerusalem in August 1995 and another killed six people and wounded more than 40 in July in Ramat Gan outside of Tel Aviv.

Shortly after the Jerusalem bombing he was arrested and imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority, but released after the start of the second intifada in September 2000.

Since then, he had planned several attacks, that were scuttled and evaded attempts to arrest him, the army said.

PA rounds up Hamas men in response to election boycott threat

The Jerusalem Post

May 26, 2010 Wednesday

BYLINE: KHALED ABU TOAMEH

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One day after Hamas announced that it would boycott the Palestinian municipal elections slated for July 17, the Palestinian Authority security forces arrested scores of Hamas officials and supporters in the West Bank on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses said that among those taken into custody was Sheikh Jamal al-Tawil, the mayor of al-Bireh, the twin city of Ramallah.
Tawil was arrested by PA security agents who waited for him outside his office, beat him and led him away, the eyewitnesses said.
Tawil, who was elected in the December 2005 municipal elections, is one of Hamas's top representatives in the West Bank. He has spent at least 13 years in Israeli prisons for security offenses.
The mayor's wife, who is also affiliated with Hamas, was arrested four months ago by the IDF on security charges.
At least 20 other Hamas figures were rounded up by the PA security forces since the movement's announcement that it would boycott the municipal elections. Many of those who were arrested were recently released from Israeli prisons.
In Kabalan, 19 km. southeast of Nablus, six Hamas supporters were arrested by the PA security men after receiving a delegation of the movement's legislators.
The six were identified as Mahmoud Qassem Aza'ar, Abdel Ilah Musa, Hareth Yusef Ahed, Yusef Barhoum Zaidan, Ali Saud al-Amleh and Bilal Jamil al-Amleh.
In Kalkilya, the PA arrested Sheikh Riyad al-Walweel, 55, a senior representative of Hamas who had spent many years in Israeli prisons. It was the sixth time that Walweel had been arrested by the PA security services in the past two years.
In Jenin, the PA arrested Nael Amour, a school principal, and four other men on suspicion of membership in Hamas.
Meanwhile, Hamas legislator Muhammad Abu Tir, who was released from Israeli prison last week after serving a 43- month sentence, on Tuesday accused the PA of "collusion" with Israel.
Abu Tir, who is famous for his orange beard, said the arrest of Hamas legislators and officials by Israel was carried out "in collusion with the Fatah authority in Ramallah, which rejected the outcome of the parliamentary election in 2006."
He said that Abbas and the PA did not do anything to protest against the arrest of elected members of the Palestinian parliament.

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Israeli Forces Break into Jerusalem mosque, arrests two men at site

Date: 2011/05/19    source: Palestine info       

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Israel has closed the Ibn Qudaamah mosque on Ikhwan al-Safa Street in Jerusalem's Wadi al-Jawz neighborhood, alleging that it was being used as a headquarters for Hamas.

Israeli Forces Break into Jerusalem mosque, arrests two men at site(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Israel has closed the Ibn Qudaamah mosque on Ikhwan al-Safa Street in Jerusalem's Wadi al-Jawz neighborhood, alleging that it was being used as a headquarters for Hamas.

The force, which included Israeli border guards and intelligence officers, also arrested two men present at the site.

They broke down the main entrance and confiscated several items inside before shutting it down and banning entry, locals reported.

Items taken include banners and microphones used to call for prayers.

Amjad al-Shami and Hamza Muswadda were arrested after the raid while near the mosque's  entrance.

The soldiers hung on the doors a decision to close the mosque explaining that it had been previously used as a headquarters for Hamas and then closed by the Israeli minister of internal security, and that after it was closed, it was turned into a mosque, a move unapproved by Israel. It was closed again on that basis.

Locals helped open the mosque a month ago as there is no other mosque serving the area. The mosque was also built on property donated as an Islamic endowment. But Israel has not honored that.

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Israeli army arrests Hamas lawmaker in West Bank

16.06.2011 15:27

 
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The Israeli army arrested a lawmaker from the Islamist Hamas movement early Thursday near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to Hamas sources, DPA reported.

This brings to 14 the total number of Hamas lawmakers held in Israeli jails.

Soldiers surrounded the house of Samir Qadi in the village of Surif, north of Hebron, and arrested him, the sources said.

Qadi was in an Israeli jail for more than three years after several Hamas lawmakers and leaders in the West Bank were detained following the abduction of an Israeli soldier near the Gaza border in 2006. He was released in November 2009.

Two lawmakers from President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party and the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are also serving prison terms in Israel, the sources said.

Hamas alleged that the re-arrest of its lawmakers was aimed at sabotaging its reconciliation agreement with Fatah, which could pave the way for normalization of relations between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Fatah-ruled West Bank.

The two groups signed an Egyptian-drafted pact of reconciliation in Cairo on May 4.

West Bank Palestinians attack Israeli post; Israel arrests Hamas official

BBC Monitoring Middle East - Political

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May 12, 2011 Thursday

LENGTH: 168 words

On 12 May, a Hamas website in Arabic reports that three militants attacked an IDF post in the West Bank and that Israeli forces arrested a "prominent" Hamas official in Hebron.

The website in Arabic at 0702 gmt reports that "Palestinian resistance fighters threw three Molotov cocktails at a military post of the Zionist occupation army located in proximity to the northern West Bank village of Al-Nabi Salih."

The website in Arabic at 0638 gmt cites Ahrar Centre for Prisoners and Human Rights Studies as reporting that "large forces of the occupation army raided the home of Dr Adnan Abu-Tabbanah, senior Hamas leader, 50, in the southwestern Hebron neighbourhood of Al-Zaytun. The forces searched Abu-Tabbanah's home and then took him to an unknown destination." The website describes Al-Tabbanah as "one of the most prominent [Hamas] leaders in Hebron," noting that he has been arrested by Israel before and spent over 10 years in Israeli jails.

Source: Palestinian Information Centre website in Arabic 12 May 11

Israel arrests four Palestinian officials in West Bank raids: source

Xinhua General News Service

June 2, 2011 Thursday 4:41 AM EST

SECTION: WORLD NEWS; Political

LENGTH: 145 words

DATELINE: RAMALLAH June 2

Israeli forces arrested four Palestinian officials from Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party during raids in different parts of the West Bank, Palestinian security sources said Thursday.

The arrest of the officials took place near Tulkarem cities and in Nablus.

The detainees included Abdul-Rahman Zidan, a Hamas lawmaker, and Hossam Khader, a former lawmaker from Fatah, according to the sources, adding the four officials were arrested from their houses.

Zidan is the second Hamas lawmaker arrested this week. By now, Israel holds 16 legislators in its prisons, including 13 from Hamas, two from Fatah and one from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

During the overnight raids, Israel also arrested four ordinary Palestinians.

Israel Radio said the detainees were wanted by security and intelligence services.

Israel arrests Hamas leader

RIA Novosti

June 10, 2011 Friday 12:37 PM GMT+3

LENGTH: 71 words

DATELINE: GAZA June 10

Israeli security forces in the West Bank arrested on Friday Hamas leader Wasfi Kabha, who served as minister for prisoner affairs in the Hamas government in 2006, al Quds Radio reported.

Kabha has been detained by the Israeli authorities several times, most recently in 2006, when he spent three years in custody.

There has been no comment from Israeli authorities yet.

Israel has detained 15 Hamas politicians since last October.

Israel arrests Fatah official in West Bank

Agence France Presse -- English

June 14, 2011 Tuesday 11:19 AM GMT

LENGTH: 118 words

DATELINE: NABLUS, Palestinian Territories, June 14 2011

Israeli troops on Tuesday arrested an official from Fatah, the party of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

A Fatah spokesman in Qalqilya confirmed Mohammed Walawil, 26, and his brother Tawfiq, 32, had been arrested at their home in the northern West Bank city in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

An Israeli military spokesman acknowledged the arrest of Walawil and a relative, but gave no further details.

The Israeli military has regularly arrested Hamas political figures in the West Bank, including members of the Palestinian parliament, and earlier this month it detained former Fatah lawmaker Hossam Khader, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

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Israeli troops arrest Hamas figure, others in West Bank

BBC Monitoring Middle East - Political

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May 8, 2011 Sunday

LENGTH: 525 words
Text of report in English by independent, non-governmental Palestinian Ma'an News Agency website
["Soldiers Arrest Hamas Leader at Jenin Checkpoint" - Ma'an headline]

(Ma'an) - Israel's army arrested a Hamas leader Saturday [7 May] in the occupied West Bank, prisoners advocates said.

Khaled Al-Haj [Khalid al-Hajj], 45, was passing through a military checkpoint at the entrance of Araba when he was arrested, the Ahrar prisoners centre said. Al-Haj served as a spokesman for Hamas, and he was recently released from prison.
Soldiers had apparently installed the checkpoint to catch Al-Haj, specifically, the centre said in a statement. Another person whose identity was not known was also taken to an unknown location, the prisoners group said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment.
Al-Haj is considered a prominent party official. He served as the movement's spokesman in Jenin and represented Hamas in the factional coordinating committee that eventually led to a unity deal last week.
He has spent years in Israeli custody, including three without charge under Israel's "administrative detention" policy. It allows Israel to jail Palestinians for six-month periods which can be extended.
According to the Ahrar centre, the arrests were intended to thwart the unity deal.
On Friday, Israel's army arrested five Palestinians in the same area.
An undercover unit raided Jenin refugee camp and seized Islamic Jihad leader Bassam As-Saadi, who had recently been released from prison after completing an eight-year jail term.
Soldiers forced family members into one room while they searched the house and eventually departed with As-Saadi, who was bound before being taken to an unknown location, his wife told Ma'an.
Four residents of a village near Jenin were also seized. They were identified as Hasen Mustafa Jaradat, Hussein Rafiq Jaradat, and brothers Hussein and Munteser Ahmad Jaradat.
An undercover unit joined the army in the operation, witnesses said. They fired bullets and stun grenades at homes, and soldiers beat several residents after cuffing them outside their houses.
The operation came a day after soldiers stepped out of a Mercedes with Palestinian license plates at 2 a.m. and entered the home of an Islamic Jihad leader in Arraba village.
Tareq Qadan, an Islamic Jihad leader in the north, was taken from his home in his night clothes by five soldiers and shoved into the unmarked car parked outside the two-story building, witnesses said.
His sister said Qadan opened the door when he heard shouts from outside. As soon as the door opened, she said, "five soldiers broke into the house and took his wife into one room, and my brother outside."
She added Qadan had asked to see his ailing mother before he was taken away, and to notify his brother that he should keep watch over the elderly woman: "They refused his request and took him in his pajamas."
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed at the time that there was one arrest carried out in the village. She declined comment on the nature of the operation and alleged use of an unmarked vehicle.
Source: Ma'an News Agency website, Bethlehem, in English 1811 gmt 7 May 11

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