(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Mallah june 15 (qna) - israeli forces began a wide-ranging campaign of arrests across the west bank overnight saturday and sunday morning targeting 80 individuals including lawmakers and political leaders.
the campaign comes as israeli forces continue their search for three teenage boys who disappeared on thursday evening from the gush etzion jewish settlement in the occupied west bank and are believed by some to have been taken hostage.
all crossings into the gaza strip has been closed but for exceptional humanitarian cases and search operations were continued for the kidnapped soldiers.
hamas sources told palestinian news agency (ma'an) that at least 70 of the movement's leaders and supporters were detained across the west bank and on sunday morning soldiers and military vehicles continued to deploy across hebron district in the southern west bank.
the israeli military confirmed the arrest raid in a statement saying that "approximately 80 palestinian suspects were detained" in overnight raids and promising to use "all means" to find the three missing israeli settlers.
"palestinian terrorists will not feel safe will not be able to hide and will feel the heavy arm of the israeli military capabilities" lt. col. peter lerner said in the statement according to ma'an. (qna)
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