Top Hamas Terrorist Among Dozens Arrested by Israel in West Bank

Sheikh Hassan Yousef (C), a prominent leader of the Hamas Islamic movement, holds the part
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The Times of Israel reports: Israeli troops, in raids across the West Bank overnight Tuesday, arrested 32 Palestinians for suspected involvement in terror activities and violent rioting, as well as a senior Hamas figure, security forces said.

Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a Hamas leader in the West Bank and one of the group’s founding members, was arrested in Ramallah, the Shin Bet security service said.

He is suspected of “involvement in promoting and advancing Hamas’s activities in the West Bank,” it confirmed in a statement after Palestinian media broke news of the arrest.

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