JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has arrested 15 Hamas operatives in an overnight West Bank raid. The military says Sunday those captured are suspected of collaborating with a well-known Hamas operative from Gaza to spread its activities to the West Bank, which is governed by the rival Fatah movement. The raid comes after Hamas accused Israel of assassinating one of its men in Malaysia and amid a wave of mass protests along the Gaza border that have turned violent. In three weeks of protests, Israeli troops have killed 32 Palestinians and wounded some 1,600. It says Hamas uses the protests as cover for attacks.

Source: National Post April 22, 2018 06:22 UTC