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PA says it has arrested 247 suspects thus far in Jenin camp counterterror raid
Palestinian Authority security forces use tear gas to disperse a protest against their security operation in Jenin, West Bank, December 16, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
The Palestinian Authority has arrested 247 outlaws as part of its counterterror raid in the Jenin refugee camp that has been ongoing for several weeks, PA security forces spokesperson Anwar Rajab says.
Speaking at a press conference in Jenin, Rajab says PA forces have defused 245 explosive devices in addition to confiscating weapons and ammunition.
Eight of those arrested are suspected of illicitly financing terror groups in the northern West Bank.
Rajab says PA forces also seized funds that were supposed to go toward the families of “martyrs and prisoners” but had been “misappropriated by the lawbreakers,” Haaretz reports.
