A total of 20 people were arrested throughout Israel and the West Bank on Sunday for suspicion of involvement in violent crime.
13 were arrested by Israeli forces in the Bedouin sector in the Negev on Sunday, according to an Israel Police statement.
The arrests were made in the city of Rahat and on Highway 60, where weapons and vehicles were found and confiscated during the process.
Hizma
Meanwhile, another four were arrested in the West Bank village of Hizma near Jerusalem.
Israel police, in cooperation with Border Police and IDF personnel, seized weapons from the suspects during the operation. This included two guns, three cartridges, and a knife.
As Israeli forces were closing in on a house for one of the suspects, he tried to escape but was captured. The four were transferred to Israel Police for further questioning.
Ramle
Israeli forces arrested three residents in the Juarish neighborhood of Ramle in Israel’s Central Region – also on suspicion of involvement in crime.
The High Court extended the detention for two of them. The third was placed on house arrest.
The night before in the same neighborhood, several suspects were arrested and two were shot after they endangered policemen who were in the area.
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