The Israeli authorities “won’t permit Hamas to get foothold in Jerusalem,” Arabs48 reported Defence Minister Banny Gantz saying yesterday.
Gantz’s remarks got here following a shootout that came about in Jerusalem on Sunday the place a Palestinian trainer and Israeli troopers had been killed and 4 Israelis had been wounded.
Hamas claimed that the Palestinian trainer, Fadi Abu Shkeidem, 42, was one among its leaders within the Palestinian holy metropolis.
“Hamas is attempting to ignite the state of affairs inside Israel, primarily within the West Financial institution,” Gantz mentioned. “It is a harmful try. It failed. We are going to by no means permit Hamas to show the West Financial institution into a brand new Gaza, and we won’t permit it to get foothold in East Jerusalem.”
Earlier yesterday, Israeli intelligence claimed that fifty Palestinians from Hamas had been arrested as they had been a part of a large community of Hamas infrastructure that deliberate to hold out assaults within the West Financial institution and Jerusalem.
In a press release, the Shabak claimed that fifty activists from Hamas had been arrested together with arms and supplies sufficient for making 4 explosive belts had been seized within the occupied West Financial institution.
Hamas didn’t touch upon the claims.
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