Israel arrests Hamas members in West Bank raids

Hamas describes the arrests as ‘an attempt to disrupt and stop the course of the Palestinian elections’.

Israeli forces arrested 25 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said on Monday. Among those detained were prominent members of the Hamas movement and former prisoner Mona Qa’dan. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Mahmoud Qa’dan, Mona’s brother, said Israeli forces raided his sister’s house at dawn in the town of Arraba and took her into custody.