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Article: ISRAEL - Mar 19 - Israeli Forces 'Kidnap' Hamas Leaders In West Bank.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- March 21, 2009
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Israel launches a new crackdown on Hamas, rounding up top leaders in the West Bank after the failure of efforts to secure the release of a soldier held by the Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces seized 12 senior Hamas leaders in pre-dawn raids in the Occupied West Bank, including four members of the Palestinian legislative council, Hamas and the Israeli army said. Hamas denounced the action as "blackmail" following the collapse of Egyptian-brokered efforts to reach an agreement on an Israel-Hamas prisoner swap. The PA, headed by Hamas' political foes Fatah, also slammed the arrests and called on the international community to intervene. An Israeli military ...