‘Israeli’ Forces Arrest West-Bank MP

Local Editor

The ‘Israeli' occupation forces and the Shin Bet arrested overnight Tuesday a Hamas legislator in the West Bank parliament, Ahmed Atun, who resides in the city of Al-Bireh, north of occupied al-Quds/Jerusalem.

Two other individuals in the West Bank were also arrested in the process.

Atun is one of four Hamas members of parliament who were stripped of their residency in east al-Quds and expelled in the last decade, the others being Muhammad Abu Tir, Khaled Abu Arafeh, and Muhammad Totah.

Atun was provided sanctuary in the Red Cross headquarters located in al-Quds for a year until he was captured in 2011 at the entrance by the police.

Two days earlier, the ‘Israeli' occupation forces also arrested Ma'an Fukha, the brother of the Hamas senior official Mazan Fukha, who was recently assassinated in the Gaza Strip.

Ma'an, who lives in the West Bank city of Tubas, east of Nablus, was arrested while on his way to work.

In addition, another brother was arrested for his alleged membership in a Hamas military cell.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team