P.A security arrests five Hamas supporters

Wednesday March 05, 2008 06:00 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC

Sources close to Hamas movement reported on Tuesday that Palestinian security forces, loyal to Fateh movement in the West Bank, arrested six Hamas members and supporters in several areas on Monday.

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In Nablus district, in the northern part of the West Bank, security forces arrested for the second time, Tha’er Najm, a student of Al Najah National University in the city, and Anas Al Khaleely.

Both arrestees, according to Hamas, participated in a protest against the Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip.

In Salfit district, security forces arrested Mohammad Mer’ey, from Qarwat Bani Hassan village.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, security forces arrested Mo’tasim and Montasir Nassar after breaking into their home in Doura village, south of the city.

Moreover, parents of Abdul-Jabbar Jarrar, from the northern West Bank city of Jenin, stated that their son was recently hospitalized at Jenin Government Hospital after he was tortured at a Palestinian interrogation facility, Following his arrest.

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