| Unharmed, too, more's the pity. |
Riad Ras, Hassan Safi and Bassem Obeido were seized at gunpoint under the cover of darkness overnight in Tulkarem, Bethlehem and Hebron respectively, with a previously unknown group, the Omar bin Al Khattab Brigades, claiming responsibility. However, after his release, Safi said he had been kidnapped by members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, linked to Pal-estinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.