MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to The Jerusalem Post newspaper, 11 of them were arrested on suspicion of taking part in unorganized attacks and riots. Four members of the Hamas movement were also arrested.
The security forces also seized weapons, including an M-16 assault rifle, a handgun, and ammunition, the media outlet reported.
The Palestinian Hamas movement, classified as a terrorist organization by a number of countries including Israel, the United States, Egypt and EU member states, demands that Israel withdraw from territories it seized during the 1967 Six-Day War, which Palestinians claim as their homeland.
The decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been recently aggravated by skirmishes between Palestinian and Israeli security forces at East Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holy site in September.
