Israel's army says it has arrested 40 more Palestinians in the West
Bank, expanding searches for three missing Israeli teens who Israel
believes Hamas kidnapped last week.
The arrests early
Tuesday brought the total number of Palestinians detained since the
kidnapping to over 200, most of them Hamas activists. It's the biggest
West Bank crackdown on Hamas in almost a decade.
The
latest arrests took place in the northern city of Nablus, widening the
army's search that had been focused on the southern city of Hebron.
Activists from the Western-backed Palestinian president's Fatah faction
were among detained in the latest arrests.
Also, the
military says Israeli warplanes struck four weapons manufacturing and
storage sites in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, in response to a rocket
launched from Gaza to Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds the Palestinian Authority and Hamas responsible for the Thursday night disappearance of the teens. Netanyahu said they were "kidnapped by a terror group."
The Palestinians have rejected blame, saying the teens went missing in territory under full Israeli control.
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