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| Reports: Palestinian detained over alleged attack plot |
| 2009-10-16 |
| Ma'an - Israeli forces seized a Palestinian on Thursday, news reports said. The Hebrew-language news agency Walla reported a man was arrested at Bethlehem's "container" military checkpoint on suspicions he planned to carry out a shooting attack. According to the news site, Israeli forces searched the young man's car but found no weapons. Nevertheless, he was handed over to internal security services for interrogation, the agency said. The Jerusalem Post, an English-language newspaper, reported that a resident of Abu Dis was seized, in cooperation with the Israeli intelligence service Shin Bet, before being transferred elsewhere for interrogation. If confirmed, the young man would be at least the 16th Palestinian detained on Thursday, according to Israeli reports. Palestinian sources said six of those were seized in overnight raids. A Palestinian Authority police report said soldiers seized Muhammad Tawfiq Al-Hindi, 22, Ahmad Rebhi Shalabi, 22, and Raed Farid Shalabi, 23, from their homes in the village of Termesaya, near Ramallah. In the Salfit area, Israeli forces reportedly seized three residents, whose names were not included in the report, in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. A separate report on the Israeli news website Ynet stated that 15 Palestinians were seized in night raids in the West Bank because they were "wanted." |
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