The two members of the Islamic Jihad militant group were apprehended before dawn from a house in the Palestinian city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said. Palestinians see members of armed groups jailed by Israel as heroes in the struggle for statehood in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, territory Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. Palestinians hurled rocks and explosives towards Israeli troops and shot live fire as the troops exited the city, the military added. There was no immediate comment from the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank and coordinates with Israel on security in the territory. Palestinians have protested in support of the men across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Source: Egypt Independent September 19, 2021 04:41 UTC