Israel claims, a prominent terrorist included among 22 people detained in the West Bank – Dainik Savera Times

Tel Aviv: Israeli forces have detained 22 Palestinians, including a prominent terrorist, in the West Bank. Officials have given this information. The detainees reportedly also include two Palestinian prisoners who were released during the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in November 2023. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the detained terrorist Mohammed Tanzi was planning a series of attacks in the West Bank region. He was detained in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the northern West Bank in an overnight raid on Tuesday. Tanji has been identified as the leader and founder of the Balata Battalion, a local branch of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group in the refugee camp.

The IDF said Tanzi was ‘one of the main operators in the terrorist structure in Balata last year’. The Palestinian Prisoners Club, a non-governmental organization, said in a statement on Tuesday that the arrests were made in the cities of Ramallah, Hebron, Nablus, Tulkarm, Qalqilya and Jericho. In a separate incident in the West Bank, an IDF soldier was ‘seriously injured’ after being stabbed by a Palestinian teenager. The teenager was identified as Mohammad Shahadeh (17).

The IDF said the soldier is in serious condition. According to Adrai, since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7 last year, Israel has arrested about 3,450 wanted people in the West Bank, of whom about 1,500 are related to Hamas.