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IDF forces arrest Hebron’s mayor, Palestinian media says

By Nurit Yohanan 2 September 2025, 10:35 am
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Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Palestinian media reports that IDF forces arrested Hebron Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh this morning.

The IDF has not yet responded.

Abu Sneineh has served as mayor since 2017. In the 1980s, he took part in the Hebron Beit Hadassah terror attack in which six people were killed, as part of a Fatah terror cell. He was imprisoned in Israel and released three years later in a prisoner exchange deal.

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