IDF says it has detained 1,560 wanted Palestinians since the start of the year

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Israeli security forces arrest a terror suspect in the West Bank, August 6, 2022. The army said it arrested 20 Palestinians, including 19 affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad in towns and cities in the West Bank. (IDF)
Israeli security forces arrest a terror suspect in the West Bank, August 6, 2022. The army said it arrested 20 Palestinians, including 19 affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad in towns and cities in the West Bank. (IDF)

Since the beginning of the year, some 1,560 wanted Palestinians have been detained by Israeli troops, and 750 illegal firearms have been seized, according to fresh statistics from the Israel Defense Forces.

IDF troops have carried out more than 1,900 separate arrest operations in the West Bank during the same period, according to the data.

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