Israel claims, a prominent terrorist included among 22 people detained in West Bank

tel aviv (Uttam Hindu News): Israeli forces have detained 22 Palestinians, including a prominent terrorist, in the West Bank. The officers provided this information.

The detainees also reportedly 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.

Tanzi was “one of the main operators in the terrorist structure in Balata last year,” the IDF said.

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 soldier is in serious condition, the IDF said.

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.