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Friday, October 20, 2023
IDF says 584 wanted Palestinians arrested in West Bank since Oct. 7
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says troops have arrested 584 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 375 affiliated with the Hamas terror group, since the war in the Gaza Strip began on October 7.
Overnight, 47 Hamas members were arrested, the military says.
The IDF also confirms troops demolished the home — in the village of Urif near Nablus — of Khaled Mustafa Sabah, one of the two Hamas terrorists who killed four Israelis in a shooting attack at a gas station near the West Bank settlement of Eli in June.
There have been several clashes between IDF forces and Palestinians in the West Bank in recent days and several attempted terror attacks, according to the army.
The military says that in the early morning hours it also wrapped up a 24-hour-long operation in the Nur Shams refugee camp, where troops killed at least 12 Palestinian gunmen and arrested 20 wanted suspects. One Israeli officer was also killed in the clashes.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, at least 75 West Bank Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since October 7.
