As the search continues for the 3 kidnapped boys, Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Sha’ar, Naftali Frenkel, on Sunday night, Israel arrested some 40 Hamas terrorists in Judea and Samaria.
The biggest fish caught was the Speaker in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Aziz Duweik, who is also a senior Hamas terrorist. He was arrested from his Hebron home.
Hamas’s PLC speaker Duweik is next in line to replace PA President Mahmoud Abbas as acting president of the Palestinian Unity Government (PUG) in case of an emergency.
In al-Jilazoun. near Ramallah, resident began clashing with the IDF, and according to Arab sources, one rioter was shot and killed.
Another top Hamas leader who was arrested is Hassan Yousef, who is better known as the father of Mossab Yousef, the author of “Son of Hamas”.
The three boys were kidnapped from Gush Etzion by Hamas terrorists on Thursday night as they were hitchhiking home, which is very common thing to do in the area.