The IDF on Saturday raided the house of one of the Hamas prisoners released the same day in the hostage-ceasefire deal, detaining one person and scuffling with others, The New York Times reports.
The paper says one of its journalists, who was conducting an interview in the house on the outskirts of Jerusalem at the time, was also “roughed up,” during the raid on the home of Ashraf Zughayer, a Hamas terrorist convicted in 2002 of driving suicide bombers to carry out attacks.
The report says the soldiers detained Zughayer’s brother and expelled journalists.
The IDF said in a statement to the paper that said in a statement that it had raided the Zughayer family’s house because it “received intelligence and videos of gunfire and incitement to terrorism in the area.” It said the brother had been detained for displaying a Hamas flag.
Israel has worked to crack down on celebrations among Palestinians after the release of security prisoners under the deal.
Zughayer was one of 200 Palestinians released Saturday in exchange for four female soldiers held hostage by Hamas.
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