Israel arrests 24 Hamas activists in West Bank

November 10, 2015 02:22 pm | Updated 02:22 pm IST - Jerusalem

The Israeli military says soldiers and police have arrested 24 suspected Hamas operatives in the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya.

Tuesday’s raid comes as Israel has faced a wave of Palestinian attacks, mainly stabbings, in the West Bank and east Jerusalem over the past two months.

The Israeli army says it uncovered a “vast Hamas network,” funded and directed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Qatar. The army says an equivalent of $9,000 was seized.

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