IOF Arrests Hamas Members in the West Bank

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has arrested several Palestinians in the West Bank and an Israeli Arab, accusing them of involvement in a bomb attack on a Tel Aviv bus. Palestinian media outlets quoted Hamas sources as saying that IOF arrested a number of MPs in the West Bank, including Dr. Mahmoud Al-Ramahi, Bassim Al Zaarir, Fatehi Qarawi, Riyadh Radad and Emad Nawfal. Mahmoud Marshood, 25, was also arrested in Nablus. Meanwhile, Israeli military sources said that the Israeli bus bomb suspect was an Arab-Israeli from Taybe and a member of Hamas, adding that a number of Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank were arrested, blaming them for recruited the man to carry out the bombing. The blast, which injured 29 people, came just hours before the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced on Wednesday.